How worried should investors be about the Trump slump?

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🗓️ 14 March 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Investors this week have been hit by the 'Trump Slump.' Why is the US President rattling markets and is it the end of the US bull market?

Georgie Frost, Simon Lambert and Lee Boyce discuss what you should be doing to make your investments great again.

How will the UK handle potential tariffs, should investors be in panic mode and what do experts say you should be doing to navigate the geopolitical turmoil?

Pension freedom rules came into play 10 years ago - these allowed retirees to take control of their pension savings, shifting away from the obligation to buy an annuity and moving towards flexible drawdown and investment options.

So a decade on, how have the class of 2015 fared?

Nationwide is handing out more money - £600 million of it - to 12million eligible members as a 'big thank you' following its acquisition of Virgin Money last year.

That’s £50 each. And it’s separate to its Fairer Share Scheme, which will be announced in May.

And lastly, what can you do if a neighbour cuts back hedges and trees which have given privacy for decades?

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0:00.0	Welcome to This Is Money podcast sponsored by Charles Stanley Direct.
0:06.0	I'm Georgie Frost and joining me and Simon Lambert today is Lee Boyce.
0:10.0	And coming up, the Trump slump. Why is the Donald rattling markets?
0:15.0	Is it the end of the US bull market? What should you be doing to make your investments great again? Also today, how did the Pension Freedom Class of 2015 fair?
0:24.6	Was it all Lamborghinis and frivolity? We look over the past decade since the change.
0:29.6	Nationwide hands out more cash to its members, promising more to come, and we have a very neighbourly clash over hedges. Don't forget you can stay
0:39.2	up to date with all the latest breaking money news just to go to this ismoney.co.uk or download
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1:04.0	We're here for you regardless of your financial needs or if your life takes an unexpected term.
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1:14.2	with Charles Stanley Direct. Sign up now. Investment involves risk. But first, not even two months
1:20.6	in the job. And President Trump has been busy unmaking friends and alienating people and whole
1:26.3	continents. Trade wars picked with neighbours, overseas aid dismembered, government agencies gutted,
1:32.2	the Green and DEI agenda, canned Ukraine betrayed and pledges to reconquer the Panama Canal
1:38.1	and occupy Greenland. The change and uncertainty has been dizzying.
1:43.2	And we know that markets don't like uncertainty.
1:47.4	Gone is the boundless optimism of Trump's election campaign that so buoyed investors.
1:53.1	Simon Lee, welcome every week something new, isn't it?
1:56.6	Every day something new, Simon.
1:59.4	What is happening on the markets?
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