There's a fool born every minute.

The effects of the trade war and Facebook scandal have yet to be felt. Already the 'Whew, we missed that bullet" is ringing out in the business pulp media.

People like to look for easy explanations for the ups and downs - but they are usually not right.

done deal, and may never happen.

I suspect what Kudlow and the other groupies are doing now is trying to figure out a way to muzzle trump

Who is arguing for easy explanations? Who is arguing the market is simplistic?

No one's brought that up, or even implied it, other than yourself.

They realize he’s a bag of hot air too.

In a few days, or hours, he will say he was kidding about bluffing and was deadly serious about tariffs...and the market will go down....Then he will say he was bluffing again as the omnipotent negotiator he is and the markets will calm down....then he will attack some corporation and threaten to rescind their government contracts and cause their stock to plummet. Then that corporation will come around to bribing/flattering Trump and Trump will say it was all a joke and that they are a fine upstanding corporation.

Manipulating the world's economy like a toddler manipulates his parents. Eventually the parents unusually give the toddler a time out, learn to ignore the tantrums, or reluctantly try stronger discipline. Who will step up to that task?

He’s got us all watching his left hand as his right hand is stealing our democracy.

He can do or say practically anything, fuck with anyone and almost any country he wants, and he can get away with it (for now). All while enriching himself.

"It will fluctuate."

Nothing.

My wife and I have a process to deposit savings into our investment account twice a month. We also put money into 401k(s) with each paycheck. If the market goes up, our holdings are worth more. If the market goes down, our deposits mean we buy more shares at a lower cost. We invest for the long term.

If not for that mindset, everybody would turn into daytraders and the market would be in total chaos all the time.

I did the exact same as you.

If you are going to follow the market closely, buy Tums. You'll need them.

Ouch. Trump is a hot mess huh?

Link to tweet

Here's hoping the market bounces back next week.

In the process of a rollover from schwab to fidelity...
and I have no idea what to reinvest in...

Here's hoping for a better week ahead.

This volatility is not a good sign.

Not doubting what you said. Just interested to read the source.

I just cked and it is still out there today. I just googled Dow Jones and scrolled down and there it was.

It said stocks could go down 40% over the next 18 months.

I just have a phone and I don't know hiw to transfer the link.

Say it happens three times as fast, what does that look like?

Engineers often use the three times equation to account for stress that might happen. It's a ploy that makes intellectual sense and works most of the time. The three times rule might be able to be flipped around here especially when you understand there is a large human population that is part of the equation.

Our world is now driven computer derived calculation as much as it is by humans (which given the corresponding circumstances could indicate it might only take three days)