I
f you could go back in time to the day of the 2024 US election — armed with $10,000 and everything you know now — how much money could you make in the stock market?
That is the challenge we set Times readers last week. Buy and sell any stock in the S&P 500 or the FTSE 100 and jump forward in time, watching how the actions of the Trump administration have affected global markets. You can play it here.
So, how did readers get on as stock market traders?
The average player managed to turn their $10,000 investment into about $14,000 over the eight simulated months, meaning that they generated $4,000 profit — a return of 40 per cent.
