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mcar

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13. "I alone can fix it"

Reply to George II (Original post)

Thu Feb 27, 2020, 08:04 PM

Feb 2020

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Someone just posted this on twitter about the stock market drops: [View all] George II Feb 2020 OP

I guess there goes meme that trump's friends are manipulating the market. Hoyt Feb 2020 #1

You can manipulate the market both ways - up and down. Sometimes simultaneously. cbdo2007 Feb 2020 #2

Wouldn't do trump a lot of good, though, since he brags about high market. Hoyt Feb 2020 #12

He and his buddies could be making a lot of money both ways. yardwork Feb 2020 #21

Yup. Especially if you know ahead of Time what is going to cause the drop. n/t brewens Feb 2020 #15

+1. *Another* thing that discredits the Dow as a barometer of the economy ck4829 Feb 2020 #26

I'd love to know if they are shorting... NRaleighLiberal Feb 2020 #7

I think that's spelled sharting. yonder Feb 2020 #35

indeed! NRaleighLiberal Feb 2020 #38

Bigly is as bigly does malaise Feb 2020 #3

Losing 1,191 points in one day. CaptYossarian Feb 2020 #4

Hahhahaa OhZone Feb 2020 #5

#9 was under Bush and #10 was also Twitler Roland99 Feb 2020 #6

Stable genius DarthDem Feb 2020 #8

A little misleading central scrutinizer Feb 2020 #9

Bingo. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2020 #10

Yes, you're right. That's actually what I was saying when trump was bragging about his.... George II Feb 2020 #11

"I alone can fix it" mcar Feb 2020 #13

"But those are the BEST drops!" Just_Vote_Dem Feb 2020 #14

he's an overachiever spanone Feb 2020 #16

Him and his Reich wing media will somehow blame the Democratic Party for the drop kimbutgar Feb 2020 #17

He said that stocks will go up again after he's re-elected wishstar Feb 2020 #27

wow gopiscrap Feb 2020 #18

It's much worse than that. Here is a list of the top (bottom?) 20 Gore1FL Feb 2020 #19

Plus the highest True Blue American Feb 2020 #28

The 20 twenty biggest gains in points also skew heavily towards Republican administrations onenote Feb 2020 #36

Not to defend the orange asshole but, warmfeet Feb 2020 #20

Or even more likely, it's not a sign at all. The Dow is meaningless and the volatility discredits it ck4829 Feb 2020 #25

Well this is certainly overstating the point unblock Feb 2020 #30

I love exaggerating ck4829 Feb 2020 #31

I'll tell you a million times to stop exaggerating! unblock Feb 2020 #32

My head literally exploded when I read that. NT mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2020 #45

i hate when that happens! unblock Feb 2020 #49

Here you go. LiberalFighter Feb 2020 #22

And it's the fastest drop into correction territory. Ever Roland99 Feb 2020 #24

WINNING GeorgeGist Feb 2020 #23

I Think We Need To See Percentages ProfessorGAC Feb 2020 #29

I'm not sure of the exact quote, but this is very close hangaleft Feb 2020 #34

These stats are really, really, very, very, very eye opening! hangaleft Feb 2020 #33

You forgot the crying steelworker. NT mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2020 #46

As a percentage... sarchasm Feb 2020 #37

Percentages a better tell JT45242 Feb 2020 #40

That's still the top point drops, only with the %s shown as well (and sorted by %) mathematic Feb 2020 #47

These are the real numbers... sarchasm Mar 2020 #50

Posting this doesn't help dkhbrit Feb 2020 #39

+1 redqueen Feb 2020 #41

Investors Dios Mio Feb 2020 #42

So much winning! KPN Feb 2020 #43

Well, yes, but mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2020 #44

Did the 8 Largest Single-Day Stock Drops Occur Under Trump? mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2020 #48