The 'Buy America' strategy has stopped working in the tariff era. What investors should do next

The 'Buy America' strategy has stopped working in the tariff era. What investors should do next

For the past decade or so, it was easy for the average investor to pursue a winning strategy: Load up on low-cost ETFs that tracked the S&P 500 or another big basket of U.S. stocks, then sit back and watch the returns pile up. This strategy became even more appealing as the U.S. tech sector roared and the stock prices of “the Magnificent Seven” climbed to nosebleed heights. This approach, or variations on it, came to be known as Buy America, and…