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groundloop

(13,580 posts)
Tue Jan 20, 2026, 12:54 PM 4 hrs ago

Wall Street skids to near three-week low as Greenland dispute triggers global sell-off

Source: Reuters

Wall Street's main indexes started the holiday-truncated week ​on a dour note as investors were spooked by fresh tariff threats from President Donald Trump against Europe amid a dispute over ‌control of Greenland.

The major indexes slid toward three-week lows on Tuesday amid a risk-off wave that vaulted gold to fresh record highs, knocked stocks lower globally and left U.S. Treasuries wobbling under renewed selling pressure.

The Nasdaq broke below its 50-day moving average - an important technical threshold - while the S&P 500 hovered at the edge.

Trump said on Saturday additional 10% import tariffs would take effect on February 1 on goods from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Finland ‌and Great Britain — all already subject to tariffs imposed by the U.S.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/business/sp-nasdaq-futures-slide-one-month-lows-greenland-concerns-2026-01-20/

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Wall Street skids to near three-week low as Greenland dispute triggers global sell-off (Original Post) groundloop 4 hrs ago OP
Fakin moron Rethugs are allowing Twitler FalloutShelter 4 hrs ago #1
This looks like a free fall. Holy shit. SunSeeker 3 hrs ago #2
Hey WSJ and all of your corporate minions.............who do you love............you do and did understand turbinetree 3 hrs ago #3

turbinetree

(27,047 posts)
3. Hey WSJ and all of your corporate minions.............who do you love............you do and did understand
Tue Jan 20, 2026, 02:38 PM
3 hrs ago

that you and others in your universe supported this manic right..........you do realize that he bankrupt a casino venture, and is more worried about a ballroom in this country and over in Ireland right............and to top it all of you and your gang supported most of the maga in the senate that confirmed his delusion and the US Supreme Court and members of the maga congress..................and now your whining...........who the fuck got you out of the depression and damn near every recession and depression since WWII since your so smart just type in..............

when compared to depression and recessions which party has done more to relief those economic outcomes................democrats 10 out of 11 times...............and the only thing your people in your world worry about are taxes..........your idiots...........maybe you should go and read the book 1929 by Andrew Ross Sorkin.......

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