You Bought the S&P 500 the Day Trump Won, Here's Exactly What $10,000 Is Worth Today

The article’s focus is on what a buy-and-hold bet on the S&P 500 delivered after the day Donald Trump won the U.S. election. A $10,000 investment in the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) on November 6, 2024—the morning after the election—would be worth roughly $12,600 today when dividends are counted. On that date, SPY closed at $591 and the article notes it traded around $735 this morning. The piece explains SPY as an index-fund wrapper holding the 500 largest U.S. companies according to market-cap weights, with a 0.0945% expense ratio. It highlights concentration: the top ten holdings represent about 36% of net assets. Performance figures include a 24% price return from Nov. 6, 2024 through June 24, 2026, and a 22% one-year return to the same end date, with YTD up 8.4% despite a 1.66% decline over the past month. It also notes dividend treatment and risks like sector concentration and tariff shocks.