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twodogsbarking

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14. There will be shortages. Stock market is so manipulated that who really knows.

Reply to gab13by13 (Original post)

Tue May 6, 2025, 11:41 AM

May 2025

Fan, meet brown stuff.

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Here We Go With The DOW Again [View all] gab13by13 May 2025 OP

Oil price may be a supply and demand thing. Tetrachloride May 2025 #1

If nobody's sailing to America, nobody's paying for fuel. Simeon Salus May 2025 #3

i was thinking of the price of drilling Tetrachloride May 2025 #39

You mean the "invisible hand" of the market? gab13by13 May 2025 #4

I'm polishing up my crystal ball. Hugin May 2025 #8

Oil prices are generally set by cartel, which controls supply. spooky3 May 2025 #13

The price of a barrel of oil may be due to Aviation Pro May 2025 #2

Up 4% in one day? gab13by13 May 2025 #5

OPEC wants to lower oil prices to punish members Iraq, Kazakhstan, and others IronLionZion May 2025 #6

We pay our workers liveable wages wolfie001 May 2025 #12

88% ProfessorGAC May 2025 #15

Dow is not the market. It is a mistake to focus on it. Bernardo de La Paz May 2025 #7

LA and Seattle and SF ports are empty of container ships wolfie001 May 2025 #10

Not empty, but yes, it's a big concern Bernardo de La Paz May 2025 #11

Let's look at the other DJT... Hugin May 2025 #16

Interesting, thanks for noting it Bernardo de La Paz May 2025 #18

On a closer inspection... Hugin May 2025 #19

It's a huge part of people's retirement funding and the other AllyCat May 2025 #25

Wrong. The S&P 500 is a bigger part of people's retirement funding Bernardo de La Paz May 2025 #31

My point of the other major funds (SPX, NCI, etc) follow holds true. AllyCat May 2025 #34

Dump is gonna release a statement says he's gonna roll back some tariffs wolfie001 May 2025 #9

I got a newsletter from an investment broker today that said they're wise to that. yardwork May 2025 #20

I'll bet every one of those brokers voted for tRUMP wolfie001 May 2025 #32

That's my impression, too. yardwork May 2025 #33

FAFO!!! wolfie001 May 2025 #35

There will be shortages. Stock market is so manipulated that who really knows. twodogsbarking May 2025 #14

In My Neck RobinA May 2025 #17

Heading down to Carson City, NV today... FirstLight May 2025 #21

They, Them, He are doing this shit on purpose IMO. The wealthy usually make out like bandits during economic downturns Cheezoholic May 2025 #22

In the stock market, someone has to lose for others to gain mdbl May 2025 #23

I got out of the stock market in 2000 Bluestocking May 2025 #27

Well... Mr.Bee May 2025 #24

We have already hit the iceberg Bluestocking May 2025 #26

Blaming a minor fluctuation in oil prices on an administration is a fool's game progressoid May 2025 #28

We have been bombing yeman for 2 months, does that count? questionseverything May 2025 #38

2 months? How about 15. We been bombing Yemen since January of 2024. progressoid May 2025 #41

Trump himself is taking credit for "lower energy prices" Skittles May 2025 #40

Yep. And his followers are too. progressoid May 2025 #42

excellent schooling Skittles May 2025 #44

Oil surfered May 2025 #29

Some intra-OPEC squabbling driving oil's dip WSHazel May 2025 #30

Oil prices were dropping too low Johonny May 2025 #36

I just read last night I think crude oil went down... Meowmee May 2025 #37

The DOW is not a stand in for the economy Johnny2X2X May 2025 #43