{"id":3652,"date":"2025-05-08T19:25:21","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T19:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=3652"},"modified":"2025-05-08T19:25:21","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T19:25:21","slug":"trumps-first-100-days-mark-worst-performance-since-1974-how-will-that-affect-your-ira","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=3652","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s first 100 days mark worst performance since 1974. How will that affect your IRA?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" data-start=\"91\" data-end=\"441\"><strong data-start=\"91\" data-end=\"138\">Market Turbulence in Trump&#8217;s First 100 Days<\/strong><br data-start=\"138\" data-end=\"141\" \/>President Donald Trump\u2019s first 100 days saw the S&amp;P 500 drop about 8%, its worst start since Gerald Ford\u2019s era. Markets were rattled by surprise tariffs, with the index nearly falling 20% before Trump paused some measures. Recession risks have risen, and uncertainty around trade policy remains high.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"443\" data-end=\"729\"><strong data-start=\"443\" data-end=\"477\">Staying Calm During Volatility<\/strong><br data-start=\"477\" data-end=\"480\" \/>Turbulent times test investors. While Trump aims to overhaul trade and revive U.S. manufacturing, rapid policy shifts have left markets uneasy. Still, similar uncertainty marked past crises like the 2008 recession and COVID-19\u2014yet markets recovered.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"731\" data-end=\"1042\"><strong data-start=\"731\" data-end=\"767\">The Case for Long-Term Investing<\/strong><br data-start=\"767\" data-end=\"770\" \/>Data shows long-term investors fare best. Since 1936, the U.S. market hasn\u2019t had negative returns over any 20-year period. Even with average intra-year drops of 15%, markets ended positive in 75% of years since 2004. Short-term trading, by contrast, often leads to losses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1044\" data-end=\"1333\"><strong data-start=\"1044\" data-end=\"1092\">Investment Strategy Depends on Your Timeline<\/strong><br data-start=\"1092\" data-end=\"1095\" \/>Younger investors can afford to ride out volatility, while those nearing retirement may consider diversifying into safer assets like gold or Treasuries. Either way, staying invested over the long term greatly reduces the chance of losses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1335\" data-end=\"1468\"><strong data-start=\"1335\" data-end=\"1350\">Bottom Line<\/strong><br data-start=\"1350\" data-end=\"1353\" \/>Market volatility is nothing new. Those who stay the course and invest for the long term are historically rewarded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Market Turbulence in Trump&#8217;s First 100 DaysPresident Donald Trump\u2019s first 100 days saw the S&amp;P 500 drop about 8%, its worst start since Gerald Ford\u2019s era. Markets were rattled by surprise tariffs, with the index nearly falling 20% before Trump paused some measures. Recession risks have risen, and uncertainty around trade policy remains high. Staying&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=3652\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Trump\u2019s first 100 days mark worst performance since 1974. How will that affect your IRA?&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3652"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3652\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3653,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3652\/revisions\/3653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}