President Donald Trump Just Made Stock Market History by Doing Something No Other President Has in 75 Years

For more than a century, the stock market has been a stomping ground for wealth creation. Though other asset classes have generated positive nominal returns, stocks have delivered the highest average annual return over ultra-long stretches.But building wealth on Wall Street isn't without its hiccups. Stock market corrections, bear markets, and even crashes are the price investors pay for admission to this long-term prosperity machine. We witnessed this volatility in action earlier this year, with the benchmark S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) registering its fifth-steepest two-day percentage decline since 1950, along with the iconic Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) and the growth-fueled Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC) dipping by double-digit percentages.President Trump delivering remarks. Image source: Official White House Photo by Tia Dufour, courtesy of the National Archives.Continue readingWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool