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sandensea

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4. It's not that they're "good for stock owners" in themselves

Reply to PoindexterOglethorpe (Reply #3)

Mon Mar 4, 2019, 03:13 PM

Mar 2019

It's that Wall Street and Big Business are pleased with his ass kissing, and, predictably, reacts by pushing prices up temporarily - mostly by way of buybacks.

In any case, His Incestuousness should limit himself to his actual tenure, and not reach back months before into his predecessor's simply because it puffs up the numbers.

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Dow Plunges Below 26,000 after Donald Trump Bashes Fed [View all] question everything Mar 2019 OP

Every time the fat bastard mentions the stock market, it's always how much "since I was elected." sandensea Mar 2019 #1

Actually, it is since he was elected. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2019 #3

It's not that they're "good for stock owners" in themselves sandensea Mar 2019 #4

My point is that whether from Election Day PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2019 #6

Sure, sure. sandensea Mar 2019 #7

The DOW is still down from Jan 2018 when it hit 26,616 Bengus81 Mar 2019 #15

2018 was worst year for stocks in 10 years Yeehah Mar 2019 #8

Remind me again of the new lows posted last year. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2019 #14

A 5000 point drop in about 80 days last fall wasn't a "slight downturn" IMO.......... Bengus81 Mar 2019 #16

And it's recovered a lot of that drop. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2019 #18

Ummm....ok Bengus81 Mar 2019 #19

Oh, they do. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2019 #20

Stocks took off from the tax cut stock buy backs. safeinOhio Mar 2019 #9

Give him time Roy Rolling Mar 2019 #2

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my x works for cboe mopinko Mar 2019 #10

Is Trump doing this sh*t on purpose to line someone's pockets... Thomas Hurt Mar 2019 #11

That explains the early morning call from Merrill Lynch. displacedtexan Mar 2019 #12

I hate headlines like this. The use of "plunges" louis-t Mar 2019 #13

I don't care if stocks are up or down the first year of any presidency, Cold War Spook Mar 2019 #17