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Apr 10, 2025

Charting the S&P 500's Post-Election Rollercoaster Ride

Charting the S&P 500's Post-Election Rollercoaster Ride

Key Takeaways

  • The S&P 500 went from an all-time high to approaching a bear market in just a month and a half.
  • The VIX–often called the "fear gauge"–surpassed an intraday level of 50 points earlier this week, a level associated with extreme volatility.

Tariff Timeline

February 1st, 2025: Trump announces tariffs on Canada (25%), Mexico (25%), and China (10%), later delaying Canada and Mexico tariffs by 30 days.

February 19th, 2025: S&P 500 reaches an all-time high of 6,147.

March 4th, 2025: Canada and Mexico 25% tariffs come into effect.

April 2nd, 2025: Trump announces reciprocal tariffs on countries around the world.

April 7th, 2025: The market reached a low of 4,835 on this day.

April 9th, 2025: 90-day pause on reciprocal tariffs announced for countries that did not retaliate. Tariffs on China are raised to 125% due to China's retaliatory 84% tariffs.

Dataset

DateSP500
01/10/20245708.75
02/10/20245709.54
03/10/20245699.94
04/10/20245751.07
07/10/20245695.94
08/10/20245751.13
09/10/20245792.04
10/10/20245780.05
11/10/20245815.03
14/10/20245859.85
15/10/20245815.26
16/10/20245842.47
17/10/20245841.47
18/10/20245864.67
21/10/20245853.98
22/10/20245851.2
23/10/20245797.42
24/10/20245809.86
25/10/20245808.12
28/10/20245823.52
29/10/20245832.92
30/10/20245813.67
31/10/20245705.45
01/11/20245728.8
04/11/20245712.69
05/11/20245782.76
06/11/20245929.04
07/11/20245973.1
08/11/20245995.54
11/11/20246001.35
12/11/20245983.99
13/11/20245985.38
14/11/20245949.17
15/11/20245870.62
18/11/20245893.62
19/11/20245916.98
20/11/20245917.11
21/11/20245948.71
22/11/20245969.34
25/11/20245987.37
26/11/20246021.63
27/11/20245998.74
28/11/2024
29/11/20246032.38
02/12/20246047.15
03/12/20246049.88
04/12/20246086.49
05/12/20246075.11
06/12/20246090.27
09/12/20246052.85
10/12/20246034.91
11/12/20246084.19
12/12/20246051.25
13/12/20246051.09
16/12/20246074.08
17/12/20246050.61
18/12/20245872.16
19/12/20245867.08
20/12/20245930.85
23/12/20245974.07
24/12/20246040.04
25/12/2024
26/12/20246037.59
27/12/20245970.84
30/12/20245906.94
31/12/20245881.63
01/01/2025
02/01/20255868.55
03/01/20255942.47
06/01/20255975.38
07/01/20255909.03
08/01/20255918.25
09/01/2025
10/01/20255827.04
13/01/20255836.22
14/01/20255842.91
15/01/20255949.91
16/01/20255937.34
17/01/20255996.66
20/01/2025
21/01/20256049.24
22/01/20256086.37
23/01/20256118.71
24/01/20256101.24
27/01/20256012.28
28/01/20256067.7
29/01/20256039.31
30/01/20256071.17
31/01/20256040.53
03/02/20255994.57
04/02/20256037.88
05/02/20256061.48
06/02/20256083.57
07/02/20256025.99
10/02/20256066.44
11/02/20256068.5
12/02/20256051.97
13/02/20256115.07
14/02/20256114.63
17/02/2025
18/02/20256129.58
19/02/20256144.15
20/02/20256117.52
21/02/20256013.13
24/02/20255983.25
25/02/20255955.25
26/02/20255956.06
27/02/20255861.57
28/02/20255954.5
03/03/20255849.72
04/03/20255778.15
05/03/20255842.63
06/03/20255738.52
07/03/20255770.2
10/03/20255614.56
11/03/20255572.07
12/03/20255599.3
13/03/20255521.52
14/03/20255638.94
17/03/20255675.12
18/03/20255614.66
19/03/20255675.29
20/03/20255662.89
21/03/20255667.56
24/03/20255767.57
25/03/20255776.65
26/03/20255712.2
27/03/20255693.31
28/03/20255580.94
31/03/20255611.85
01/04/20255633.07
02/04/20255670.97
03/04/20255396.52
04/04/20255074.08
07/04/20255062.25
08/04/20254982.77
09/04/20255456.9

Data sources

https://www.tradingview.com/symbols/SPX/
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