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turbinetree

(24,703 posts)
Tue Jun 2, 2020, 11:38 AM Jun 2020

Well I opened up the web site for Reuters to see what the markets were doing...............

https://www.reuters.com/finance/markets

the poor and middle class are fucked, no passage of the Hero's Act, protesting in the streets, pandemic, china breaking a treaty, and the market is up mostly......when did the planet miss the iceberg........and when did the wall street ponzi scheme say everything is alright.........and I just looked at Market Watch...................https://www.marketwatch.com/...................

no vaccine, and wall street is loving the opening of a lock down................we did not have lock down, not even close............




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Well I opened up the web site for Reuters to see what the markets were doing............... (Original Post) turbinetree Jun 2020 OP
It's abundantly evident "the Stock Market is the best indicator of the health of the economy" sop Jun 2020 #1
Yepper spot on.................... turbinetree Jun 2020 #2

sop

(10,190 posts)
1. It's abundantly evident "the Stock Market is the best indicator of the health of the economy"
Tue Jun 2, 2020, 11:48 AM
Jun 2020

is mostly crappola spread by corporate media. Apparently, the markets are not a good barometer for the economic fortunes of the working class, only for those of the 1%. We really need to find other economic indicators.

turbinetree

(24,703 posts)
2. Yepper spot on....................
Tue Jun 2, 2020, 12:05 PM
Jun 2020

40 million + out of work, raging pandemic, and republican controlled senate, and dip sh*t terrorist in side the white house running around making / hiring everyone else do his dirty work..........what am I missing...............

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