S&P 500 Has Jumped 14% Since Trump Said ‘Great Time to Buy’
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Investors who followed President Donald Trump’s advice on social media in the past month have enjoyed one of the biggest rallies in the S&P 500 under his leadership.
Having slumped on Trump’s “liberation day” tariff announcement, the benchmark rose 14% in the month after he said it was “a great time to buy” on April 9 — hours before he paused some of the harshest levies in a century. He reiterated that on May 8, telling reporters the economic outlook warranted piling into stocks.