US stock market investors are anxiously waiting for January 20 when Republican President-elect Donald Trump will officially become the President of United States of America. Soon after the inauguration ceremony, Trump is likely to make a raft of decisions. These decisions will certainly have impact on Wall Street's key index S&P 500.
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Analysts are confident heading into 2025, forecasting that S&P 500 index will grow 10 per cent, but some concerns linger around inflation. Some analysts have noted that President-elect Donald Trump's proposed policies, including tariffs, could reignite inflation and reduce the likelihood of Fed rate cuts, according to NYT News Service.
The biggest risk for stocks could be «what some consider potentially disruptive economic and social policies that have been proposed by the incoming Trump administration,» Daniel Jones, an analyst at Seeking Alpha, wrote in a note.
At this time last year, many analysts were worried that the financial markets would turn in a decent but not especially strong performance in 2024.
They should have been more optimistic. However, the S&P 500 rose 23.3 per cent in 2024, far exceeding what the experts had predicted. It was the second straight year that the benchmark stock index rose more than 20 per cent, overcoming geopolitical uncertainty and