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Market Performance in Past Periods with Tariffs

Welcome to the Saving The American Dream Podcast with Financial Advisor Michael Schulte of WestPac Wealth Partners. Are taxes, market volatility, inflation and other risks threatening your pursuit of the American Dream? If you need help planning how to tackle these financial headwinds, then this is the show for you!

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Market Performance in Past Periods with Tariffs

Apr 24, 2025

Tariffs are back in the headlines—and so is market volatility. But is this a reason to panic or just another chapter in a long financial story?

In this episode of Caffeine & Cash Flow, Michael Schulte walks through five historical periods of U.S. tariffs—from the Smoot-Hawley Act of the 1930s to recent measures under Presidents Trump and Biden—and reveals how markets performed during each era.

The good news: it’s not all doom and gloom.

Here’s some of what we discuss in this episode:

📉 What happened during the 1930s Smoot-Hawley tariffs

📈 How the market reacted under Nixon, Reagan, Trump, and Biden

📊 Real performance data across five tariff periods

🔍 Why diversification and time horizon matter more than headlines

🧠 The case for ignoring market panic and sticking to your plan

The data pulled in this episode is sourced from InteractFA.

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