Three things ‘buy the dip’ investors are snapping up in Trump slump

While the ASX200 suffered its worst single-day loss since COVID-19, retail investors saw it as an opportunity to ‘buy the dip’.

Lucy DeanWealth reporter

Updated Apr 8, 2025 – 1.04pm, first published at 11.53am

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Digital platforms such as Nabtrade experienced record trading volumes on Monday as retail investors – seemingly unperturbed by the global markets downturn – attempted to buy the dip.

The ASX 200 recorded its biggest one-day loss since May 2020 on Monday, plunging 4.2 per cent in a $96.6 billion rout, following the introduction of Donald Trump’s global tariffs and China’s retaliation.

Lucy Dean writes about wealth management, personal finance, lifestyle and leisure, based in The Australian Financial Review's Sydney newsroom.