No. What you need is...restraint. Who said pensions were a given? Who said, retirement accounts should be mostly invested in stonks?? There's a reason a 60/40 split of stocks/bonds was considered a balanced portfolio. Look at the 10y yield. It has not dropped this much, this fast for quite a while. It's doing the job of the Fed, causing rates to go down, without bowing at Powell's feet. We've been living large on borrowed time and money for far too long. If the current events actually stick and cause "reality" to rear its head, we're looking at a lot of pain. And that pain is needed. |
They are. I mean...it doesn't take a genius to see that. |
This x100. The person who wrote this has never taken an Econ class in their life. It is absolutely mind blowing how little they understand how a modern economy works. As if the stock market is just a game not real money with real world consequences for businesses’ growth and an outsized impact on the economy. Trump loves the uneducated. |
Well, the current MAGA spin they're trying to roll out is that this only affects the "few" stockholders, and nobody else cares. It's beyond absurd and some of their weakest deflection yet. You have to be a special kind of moron to tank the economy as quickly as he did. He just continues to top himself when it comes to utter incompetence. |
Alright you money wonk Republicans You know who you are. You liked Trump because you thought you could make money. You have to help get rid of this guy and his minions He's served you up on a platter. There's no way to come out of this unscathed. Trump has to go. |
Good Thing you have no clue |
When the S&P is losing more than 15% in three short days of trading, it will ultimately lose a lot more than 30% from peak. I wouldn't be surprised if we're down 30% by the end of the week. |
Ah! I recognize you! You are the small business owner who paid off their mortgage, barely invests in the market, and has no understanding of how economies work. You are embarrassing yourself with this talk about restraint. It’s like you live in a different metaverse where you are trying to out the globalization - the genie in the bottle back in. |
| So what do we do? Sell all our stocks on Monday? |
Explain how this helps lower income people? Prices will go up, he’ll keep income taxes lower for higher income and the market will recover. I make $1M + with millions in the market and while I don’t love seeing the fluctuations, we’ll be fine. If prices go up, I don’t care that much as a favorable tax package will more than counteract a $4k increase in a car or grocery prices. |
Yup. A large part of the economy is on standstill because there's no certainty and these tariffs are the largest tax increase, as a percentage of GDP, in generations. The worst part is that Congress can stop this at any time. Yet the only Republicans speaking up against it are Murkowski, Collins, McConnell, Paul and Bacon. |
| I hate trump. |
We’re holding. It will stabilize soon. |
Or go down another 30% |
More and more business people, including those who voted for Trump, speaking out over the weekend. I think there may be a full on revolt/intervention if this sh*t continues. |