Should You Buy the S&P 500 Index Below 5,670?
The stock market has been anything but quiet this year. Ripples first appeared when the emergence of China's DeepSeek started to raise questions on valuations of large artificial intelligence stocks. Then weaker economic data pointed to a slowing economy.Following this, President Donald Trump imposed tariffs on imports to the United States, spooking investors. Then Trump announced even steeper tariffs on many countries, ratcheting up trade tensions, and all hell broke loose.Even after the president announced a 90-day pause on the higher tariffs for most countries, the stock market has remained volatile, as investors continue to digest a lot of news with major ramifications. So after everything that's happened, should you buy the broader benchmark S&P 500 index (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) while it trades below 5,670, the level it traded at before Trump launched steeper tariffs?Continue reading
The stock market has been anything but quiet this year. Ripples first appeared when the emergence of China's DeepSeek started to raise questions on valuations of large artificial intelligence stocks. Then weaker economic data pointed to a slowing economy.
Following this, President Donald Trump imposed tariffs on imports to the United States, spooking investors. Then Trump announced even steeper tariffs on many countries, ratcheting up trade tensions, and all hell broke loose.
Even after the president announced a 90-day pause on the higher tariffs for most countries, the stock market has remained volatile, as investors continue to digest a lot of news with major ramifications. So after everything that's happened, should you buy the broader benchmark S&P 500 index (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) while it trades below 5,670, the level it traded at before Trump launched steeper tariffs?
