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Yavin4

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29. This is 100% true.

Sun Apr 5, 2020, 11:59 PM

Apr 2020

Remember, people bought into the market when it was setting records over the past three years. They need to prop up the prices to get some of these people out. So, make it look like it's going up, and then quietly sell off. They have to unwind these huge positions.

Also, our economy is severely damaged. It's not going to snap back into shape all at once. it will take years to recover from this. Years.

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Massive Dow Futures surge on news that the curve appears in the process of being flattened at last! [View all] NewsCenter28 Apr 2020 OP

On what planet? n/t rzemanfl Apr 2020 #1

+1 orangecrush Apr 2020 #32

Governor Cuomo said New York is at the peek jimfields33 Apr 2020 #50

another dead cat bounce SoonerPride Apr 2020 #2

Another sucker rally customerserviceguy Apr 2020 #26

+1, a flat curve does nothing for the economy if the flat part is high uponit7771 Apr 2020 #40

The trend is already 2 weeks. How long do you want? Ms. Toad Apr 2020 #3

No no, I agree with you NewsCenter28 Apr 2020 #5

I heard it would hit 40000 by the time of the NFL opening kick. PubliusEnigma Apr 2020 #10

Good One! ProfessorGAC Apr 2020 #53

A flat curve helps the hospitals not the economy or normality uponit7771 Apr 2020 #41

Thanks for the daily numbers Ms. Toad rufus dog Apr 2020 #16

You're welcome - Ms. Toad Apr 2020 #25

Social distancing is working. roamer65 Apr 2020 #17

You see that. The average trader on Wall Street reacts to politicians Blue_true Apr 2020 #19

I saw he was in the hospital Ms. Toad Apr 2020 #22

I read that British Intelligence believe that Chinese scientists in a lab Blue_true Apr 2020 #60

Sweden is not playing with a full deck . . . Ms. Toad Apr 2020 #61

The trend might be simply that a little bit more testing becomes available by the day, and Doodley Apr 2020 #33

Believe what you want. Ms. Toad Apr 2020 #39

We have less than .5% testing rate per million in the US. Unless we're par with Germany, Hong Kong, uponit7771 Apr 2020 #49

I'm not a statistician but thucythucy Apr 2020 #56

i don't understand why that would spark a rally....... Takket Apr 2020 #4

Check out the tweet series by Bill Ackman linked to near middle of this article NewsCenter28 Apr 2020 #6

I Thought The Flattening Help Ease The Burden On Hospitals So They..... global1 Apr 2020 #7

That was my understanding as well. StarryNite Apr 2020 #11

It means it is spreading more slowly. Good news. triron Apr 2020 #12

Which means we have to stay in an indefinite stay-at-home mode, which will destroy small business. TheBlackAdder Apr 2020 #15

You touched on the button. Blue_true Apr 2020 #20

THIS !!!! People should be looking at bottoming out the infection rate to get back to normal uponit7771 Apr 2020 #42

Likely to hit the same total number - Ms. Toad Apr 2020 #24

yes, part of what we are doing by staying home, is avoiding being a burden on hospital system Demovictory9 Apr 2020 #37

It's all about expectation of the future Steelrolled Apr 2020 #28

A flat curve helps the hospitals not the economy or normality. We're at Indefinite stay at home .. uponit7771 Apr 2020 #43

Beware of stats that come out over weekends. RandySF Apr 2020 #8

Massive?!? PubliusEnigma Apr 2020 #9

knr triron Apr 2020 #13

This is a bull trap IMHO katusha Apr 2020 #14

Even if Obama were to magically be placed in charge, Ms. Toad Apr 2020 #23

i'm sorry, let me clarify katusha Apr 2020 #30

Agree - both as to Trump, and as to how scary the health care system overload is. n/t Ms. Toad Apr 2020 #31

+1, A flat curve helps the hospitals not the economy or normality uponit7771 Apr 2020 #44

This is the pump part of the pump & dump cycle... Hugin Apr 2020 #18

This is 100% true. Yavin4 Apr 2020 #29

Thanks, Yavin4. Hugin Apr 2020 #34

Investor Daily calls it dangerous grantcart Apr 2020 #21

There are a whole lot of unknowns in this pandemic... Hugin Apr 2020 #35

THIS !!!! We should...NOT ... look at ""the curve" in aggregate. uponit7771 Apr 2020 #45

buy buy buy buy buy!! CountAllVotes Apr 2020 #27

A flat curve helps the hospitals not the economy or normality uponit7771 Apr 2020 #46

good news. daily new cases plunged from 33K to 25K. For one day at least Demovictory9 Apr 2020 #36

Where? Nationwide? I don't see how that helps. Trump is right in that if Small Town Idaho has zero uponit7771 Apr 2020 #48

Same as last SUNDAY Roland99 Apr 2020 #55

yikes... the media is behaving this morning as if the worst is over Demovictory9 Apr 2020 #57

Flattening curve? WHERE? S. Korea? Bc I'm hearing the opposite here. As in it is imminent. Vivienne235729 Apr 2020 #38

+1, We should...NOT ... look at ""the curve" in aggregate. uponit7771 Apr 2020 #47

My crystal ball says Chainfire Apr 2020 #51

+1, can you imagine the reaction when Trump says 2 more weeks at the end of April? uponit7771 Apr 2020 #52

Predatory class salivating over possible monitary gains randr Apr 2020 #54

I'm not sure if the Dow can be trusted on this sort of thing... ck4829 Apr 2020 #58

lets wait for red states mshasta Apr 2020 #59