Q1 2025 Market Performance Recap: $S&P 500(.SPX)$ : -4.6% (worst quarter since 2022) Dow Jones: -1.3% (relative outperformance) $NASDAQ(.IXIC)$ : -10.2% (tech rout) $NVIDIA(NVDA)$ $Tesla Motors(TSLA)$ $Apple(AAPL)$ Global Markets: +6.3% (benefiting from U.S. dollar weakness and policy shifts) Key Market Drivers: Tariffs, Trade Wars & Trumpโs โLiberation Dayโ (April 2) Trump to announce new reciprocal tariffs against countries with high duties on U.S. goods. โDirty 15โ list of top U.S. trade partners in the crosshairs. Could trigger global retaliation and further market
Second-Best Month Fails? What's Your April Trade Plan?
History shows that, since 1971, April has been the second-best month of the year for the three major U.S. stock indexes, according to the Stock Traderโs Almanac. In postelection years since 1950, April has remained a top-performing month โ historically ranking as the second-best month for the Dow and the S&P 500, and the third-best month for the Nasdaq (see chart below). However, Trump's tougher-than-expected tariffs drag the market down. ---------------- Is the April effect still possible or not? What's your trade strategy for April?
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