#Trump100Days Markets Endured a Wild Ride in President Trump's First 100 Days

Stocks swung wildly during President Trump's first 100 days, with the White House's unpredictable tariff policies leaving companies and investors unsure about the economic outlook.

Treasury yields and the dollar declined as recession risks increased and global investors soured on U.S. assets.

Investors flocked to gold, a traditional safe haven, amid the market turmoil; there was also evidence to suggest that some investors took refuge in bitcoin.

The stock market hasn’t had a worse first 100 days of a presidency in half a century.

The S&P 500 fell more than 7% in the 100 calendar days—69 trading days, to be precise—since Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 20, which concluded Tuesday. That’s the worst post-inauguration performance for the index since Gerald Ford took office in August 1974, when stocks declined more than 11% after Nixon resigned amid a stagflation recession