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Dow drops 831 points! (Original Post) Cattledog Oct 2018 OP
I'm guessing the Fat Cats ran out of money trying to prop it above 600 Brother Buzz Oct 2018 #1
Obama's fault rurallib Oct 2018 #2
Lol. And whipping up us angry Democratic mobs. Hortensis Oct 2018 #7
The layoffs due to the tariffs treestar Oct 2018 #3
Interest rates are rising, always bad for stocks. marylandblue Oct 2018 #4
AARP says medication inflation is 10x the inflation rate. Hortensis Oct 2018 #8
MAGA!!!! Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2018 #5
Yes interest rates Stare Decisis Oct 2018 #6
the president doesnt set interest rates. fed raised over his objections. mopinko Oct 2018 #13
I have some money in the market but I'm only 31. nycbos Oct 2018 #9
Trump won't be bragging about the dow for a few weeks. When it drops, he shuts his mouth Demovictory9 Oct 2018 #10
Did they halt trading to stop it? Drahthaardogs Oct 2018 #11
Get use to it. Interest rates are rising. They have to. Yavin4 Oct 2018 #12
this. mopinko Oct 2018 #14

treestar

(82,383 posts)
3. The layoffs due to the tariffs
Wed Oct 10, 2018, 04:10 PM
Oct 2018

the dumbest idea the Orange Toxin ever had, and that's saying something.

marylandblue

(12,344 posts)
4. Interest rates are rising, always bad for stocks.
Wed Oct 10, 2018, 04:12 PM
Oct 2018

Inflation expected due to tax cuts, tarriffs and rising oil prices.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
8. AARP says medication inflation is 10x the inflation rate.
Wed Oct 10, 2018, 04:28 PM
Oct 2018

Haven't double checked, but I believe it anyway.

 

Stare Decisis

(229 posts)
6. Yes interest rates
Wed Oct 10, 2018, 04:18 PM
Oct 2018

are negative to stocks. So is doing literally everything wrong from a policy standpoint. We are not in a position in terms of industrial infrastructure to play the tariff game.

mopinko

(70,112 posts)
13. the president doesnt set interest rates. fed raised over his objections.
Wed Oct 10, 2018, 05:06 PM
Oct 2018

it was time to raise them. investors have been dying for some decent interest rates. the main reason for the mortgage bubble was that bonds were at next to zip for so long, so they seemed like the next safest thing.

nycbos

(6,034 posts)
9. I have some money in the market but I'm only 31.
Wed Oct 10, 2018, 04:32 PM
Oct 2018

I am in it for the long hall so a day like today doesn't concern me. I'm in it for the long haul and I know that I will see many many up cycles and down styles before it's time to retire.


I know people who are close to retirement are worried thought.

Yavin4

(35,440 posts)
12. Get use to it. Interest rates are rising. They have to.
Wed Oct 10, 2018, 04:48 PM
Oct 2018

We've had over 10 years of stimulative interest rates. Inflation has been held in check because labor in America has no economic/political power to raise their wages. d.


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