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Brother Buzz

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36. That, and instability in the health care stocks

Reply to eleny (Reply #33)

Tue Jan 30, 2018, 05:48 PM

Jan 2018

Health care stocks dragged the market lower on Tuesday after Jeff Bezos, Warren Buffett and Jamie Dimon unveiled a plan to get into the health insurance business. UnitedHealth (UNH), CVS (CVS) and Walgreens (WBA) shed between 4% and 5% apiece.

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the dow is down 358 points....trump will be bragging about it tonight [View all] spanone Jan 2018 OP

Zactly cilla4progress Jan 2018 #1

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm! malaise Jan 2018 #2

Maybe investors are finally seeing that t-rump and the GOPers Iliyah Jan 2018 #3

Great news underthematrix Jan 2018 #4

Seriously? n/t MichMary Jan 2018 #29

Yes seriously underthematrix Jan 2018 #30

I shouldn't have to ask, but MichMary Jan 2018 #31

I'm going to suffer too but it's all worth it to take down the piece of shit in the WH underthematrix Jan 2018 #32

Nope. MichMary Jan 2018 #35

I have senior co-workers with 401k m3n0z Jan 2018 #5

One thing you can do if you're worried is move your 401k money into a money market fund. brewens Jan 2018 #6

Money market funds typically earn less than inflation, so they are not really loss free. Yonnie3 Jan 2018 #8

Every custodian of a 401(k) has slightly different rules A HERETIC I AM Jan 2018 #9

First - moving your assets out of securities (or mutual funds)... brooklynite Jan 2018 #20

Not in a 401k it doesn't. Or an IRA, marybourg Jan 2018 #34

When the DJIA was under 10,000 as a norm, that might be a cause of interest Blue_Adept Jan 2018 #7

Yep. Yonnie3 Jan 2018 #10

it's a cause of interest because the 'president' refers to it's ascent almost daily spanone Jan 2018 #11

No, it's because people are conditioned to freak out about everything Blue_Adept Jan 2018 #12

No. spanone Jan 2018 #13

Not everything is about trump. Once you make everything about him, there's no actual discussion Blue_Adept Jan 2018 #14

you miss the entire point of this thread...thank you. spanone Jan 2018 #15

Not every threat stays on topic Blue_Adept Jan 2018 #16

When a fascist, bigoted, village idiot becomes president, everything IS about him. Doodley Jan 2018 #27

The Dow is not the best indicator Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2018 #17

it's trump's indicator. spanone Jan 2018 #19

Sorry spanone, you're wrong ProudLib72 Jan 2018 #18

explain. spanone Jan 2018 #21

just think about the info from his physical... ProudLib72 Jan 2018 #23

aahhh...little slow today spanone Jan 2018 #24

I believe it will be less then a three-hundred point drop (high two-hundreds) by the closing bell Brother Buzz Jan 2018 #22

-362.59 spanone Jan 2018 #25

There's a reason I'm not a day trader Brother Buzz Jan 2018 #28

i was pulling for you!!!!! spanone Jan 2018 #38

no joy here. it's still a strong month despite this. unblock Jan 2018 #26

is it the problem with the bond markets that's bled over to the stock market? eleny Jan 2018 #33

That, and instability in the health care stocks Brother Buzz Jan 2018 #36

I heard about the Bezos et al move eleny Jan 2018 #37