There And Back Again - A 2025 Market Story

2025-07-02 12:17:00 ET

By Ryan J. Puplava

The S&P 500 hit a high of 6,147.43 on February 19 ^th . The market had rallied since the 2024 elections with the consensus President Trump would deregulate the financial industry and foster economic growth through tax cuts. Instead, investors were hit repeatedly by tariff announcements, Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) fiscal cuts, inflation concerns, and uncertain outlooks from companies that led to a bear market correction with the S&P 500 reaching 4,835.04 on April 7 ^th , a decline of 21.3% from peak to trough. Since then, a V-shaped recovery ensued and the S&P 500 trades at 6,139.69 as I write on Thursday the 26 ^th of June....

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