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So far the stock market has not been a fan of Donald Trumps crushing tariffs. Markets have been in ... More free fall. How to avoid making huge investing mistakes reacting to the policy choices by the Trump administration.
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Ignoring the crisis du jour (Trump's Tariffs Induce Stock Market Meltdown) will be nearly impossible for anyone to ignore. It is dominating the news cycle and driving up prices of things you buy every day, like groceries. You may not notice bananas costing a few cents more per pound, but you will surely feel the pain of a "Tariff Fee" line item when you purchase your next car. Hence, this piece highlights eight investing mistakes when crushing tariffs are imposed on the world and the stock market tanks on the news.
Donald Trump, in his second term as President, has come in hot with a slew of executive orders and massive tariffs, as I'm sure you've heard unless you are a resident of Heard Island and McDonald Islands (JK, only penguins live there, and they don't read my column). There is reason for market turmoil and concerns that years of globalization will be overridden. It would be remiss of me to ignore this chaos.
Whether you love or hate Trump, emotions are running high, and emotional decisions are the enemy of investing excellence. While we have never seen anything like this specific situation, over the past 125 years, the markets have come back from terrorist attacks, world wars, pandemics, presidential resignations and even the last time a president tried to implement tariffs this dramatically.
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