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32. Stocks

Mon Mar 23, 2026, 01:33 PM

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Wealthy insiders who are aware of what Trump plans to announce have been making lots of money by buying just before Trump’s announcement.

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Are the idiots on Wall Street really this stupid [View all] edhopper Monday OP

Yes. ms liberty Monday #1

"Buy The Rumor!" MineralMan Monday #2

This INFURIATES me. NCDem47 Monday #3

trmp knows he'll get a quick bump in the market and a temporary reduction in the price of oil. spanone Monday #4

True edhopper Monday #7

Money. spanone Monday #9

Because a lot of people are, well, morons Scott Alan Swaggerty 12 hrs ago #50

Yep Scott Alan Swaggerty 12 hrs ago #49

What makes you so sure? Fiendish Thingy Monday #5

I don't see a 1000 point jump edhopper Monday #10

The 1000 point gain is only a partial recovery of the losses of the past few weeks Fiendish Thingy Monday #13

I see edhopper Monday #16

That is far from certain Fiendish Thingy Monday #23

Yes edhopper Monday #26

"collapse of AI" GreatGazoo Monday #19

Yes, but they aren't idiots. It is pure manipulation to try and sucker people into the market before knowing the lostincalifornia Monday #6

Because there are knee jerk reaction idiots in the stock market too. Arthur_Frain Monday #8

I meant the market fall edhopper Monday #11

I know Arthur_Frain Monday #15

Market bubbles edhopper Monday #18

Iran, of course, says whoever he's talking to, it's not them. Vinca Monday #12

Iran has acknowledged talking to Turkey Fiendish Thingy Monday #14

They're not that stupid. But they know that if he's talking about a pause and peace talks and such unblock Monday #17

There were bets with inside knowledge Johnny2X2X Monday #20

For real Scott Alan Swaggerty 12 hrs ago #47

Traders have been expecting a TACO GreatGazoo Monday #21

The market edhopper Monday #22

Trump behaves economically like RW socialist GreatGazoo Monday #24

Not stupid; greedy. mwmisses4289 Monday #25

Or stupid and greedy Scott Alan Swaggerty 12 hrs ago #48

One correction: these are not 'idiots on Wall Street' SCantiGOP Monday #27

Big funds edhopper Monday #28

They make more money on volatility than looking for just gains ToxMarz Monday #29

They're not dumb swong19104 Monday #30

But when you're trading in huge volume and have a lot of money, advance knowledge of what Trump's going to say ChicagoTeamster Monday #31

Stocks rso Monday #33

Stocks rso Monday #32

Yes. But it is really greed and hubris which effectively lower their iq by 30 points. markodochartaigh Monday #34

I think that despite the economy edhopper Monday #35

Certainly. markodochartaigh Monday #43

The Ayatollah don't surf. Kid Berwyn Monday #36

Seems More Like A Bargain Hunter Bounce ProfessorGAC Monday #37

Your last sentence edhopper Monday #39

No. Everybody knows that Trump lies about everything. GoodRaisin Monday #38

Not necessarily stupid. Some are just experienced day traders. DFW Monday #40

It's not even about reality anympre D_Master81 Monday #41

Uh....Yarp! ABC123Easy Monday #42

It gave back almost half of those gains. It closed at just +631 (which is still insane.) Wiz Imp Monday #44

while I invested in things we actually need... SonOfNebanaube 3 hrs ago #56

While Rebl2 Monday #45

They are Scott Alan Swaggerty 12 hrs ago #46

Watch the dollar WSHazel 12 hrs ago #51

I almost always watch what the market is doing and do the opposite. It works pretty well. Scrivener7 9 hrs ago #52

They're not necessarily worldly geniuses, and they follow trends Ursus Rex 9 hrs ago #53

The market is classic mob behavior CanonRay 9 hrs ago #54

There is more money stollen on Wall Street each day than at doc03 9 hrs ago #55