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Binkie The Clown

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5. The current one is a lot less egregious than others I've seen in the past, but...

Reply to SoCalDavidS (Reply #2)

Fri Nov 26, 2021, 11:50 AM

Nov 2021

you are correct in stating that there MAY be a connection. But it's a huge leap of faith to go from "there MAY be a connection" to the implication that one is event is certainly the cause of the other.

If financial markets were that well understood then they would never surprise anyone, and we all know that's not the case at all.

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