S&P 500 Decline Archives

April 7, 2025
International
World

‘Don’t be weak, stupid’, Donald Trump tells Americans minutes before US markets open in deep red

US President Donald Trump US President Donald Trump on Monday said that America could have done something decades ago, referring to his tariff reforms, and asked people not to be weak and stupid. These remarks came just a few minutes before the New York stock market crashed, where the S&P 500 opened 3.2% lower.“The United […]

April 5, 2025
International
World

US tariffs wipe out $9 trillion in global markets; Trump says will ‘supercharge economy’

Global markets were rattled on Friday as US President Donald Trump’s aggressive tariff war triggered a massive sell-off, erasing more than $9 trillion in market capitalisation since his second-term inauguration on January 20. The Wall Street meltdown, the worst since the Covid -19 pandemic, sent shockwaves across global financial centres. The S&P 500 plunged nearly […]