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Stocks Extend Fall Despite Mnuchin Bid to Reassure Investors: Dow drops 2% or more for fifth time
Wall Street Journal ^ | December 24, 2018 | Avantika Chilkoti and Michael Wursthorn

Posted on 12/24/2018 11:43:28 AM PST by reaganaut1

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To: Alberta's Child
So these nitwits are all tanking the market in December 2018 ... to get Trump out in 2020? Don't you think they'd be smart enough to wait until September 2020?

Election season has already started. That is how the presidential election cycle works. Waiting until 2020 is way too late. They know their timing, have a game plan developed and in motion. This is part of it. They are by not political nitwits.

21 posted on 12/24/2018 12:03:57 PM PST by gunsequalfreedom
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To: Alberta's Child

2019 is when the chess pieces start to be moved interms of players for the next election. A year of bad economic news would so color the landscape in 2020 that outcomes could be unpredictable and unfortunate. The Congress is run by the Dems but the senate is Republican. Total gridlock, nasty mindgames, and a rising volume of blame games will be the order of the year. That’s why they are making their moves now!


22 posted on 12/24/2018 12:05:54 PM PST by mdmathis6
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To: cowboyusa
Yeah, I hate him. WTF are you talking about?

I love this guy, but I also know how he operates.

23 posted on 12/24/2018 12:07:06 PM PST by Alberta's Child ("I'm a cool dude in a loose mood! Hey -- two ginger ales for my girls!")
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To: reaganaut1

Stocks on sale and I bought some energy today. The dividends are juicy. The big drivers (governments) in energy aren’t going to sit still for oil around $40 for long. I’ll keep buying happily as it goes up, down or sideways from here.


24 posted on 12/24/2018 12:08:03 PM PST by SaxxonWoods (The internet has driven the world mad.)
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To: cuban leaf

Every one of those shares that has been sold has been bought by someone else. That’s why it’s called trading.


25 posted on 12/24/2018 12:08:50 PM PST by SaxxonWoods (The internet has driven the world mad.)
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To: Alberta's Child
You are right that he messed up by picking Globalists in the beginning, but he is now going to all out war with them. He does need to go on tv.
26 posted on 12/24/2018 12:09:45 PM PST by cowboyusa (America Cowboy Up)
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To: reaganaut1

Market TOP..?

27 posted on 12/24/2018 12:11:47 PM PST by gaijin
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To: reaganaut1

The market has been overvalued for sometime. The next shoe to drop is the real estate market.


28 posted on 12/24/2018 12:13:04 PM PST by HighSierra5
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To: Alberta's Child

I know you “keep up”. I found it interesting that Trump gave the fed employees a paid holiday on Christmas Eve before the latest festivities. That could mean he was already planning for what everyone called a “reversal” of his position on the Wall funding. He softened the blow for those employees just a bit.


29 posted on 12/24/2018 12:13:38 PM PST by SaxxonWoods (The internet has driven the world mad.)
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To: HighSierra5

I see more of a ‘95 flattening period. It’s very hard to crash a real estate market without having a large inventory overhang and we are a long way from that.


30 posted on 12/24/2018 12:17:03 PM PST by SaxxonWoods (The internet has driven the world mad.)
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To: reaganaut1

“Trump has the right to express his views on monetary policy, but his continued bashing of the Fed is undermining confidence.”

Yeah maybe not a wise move. A few well advertised-in-advance 1/4 point increases didn’t crash the market. There are concerns about the global economy next year and uncertainties on tariffs/trade wars.

If you recall Trump claimed credit for the Stock Market rally after he became President. Definitely a lot of truth to that claim. However by publicly connecting himself to the Stock Market results he also set himself up for the blame on future crashes. Can’t have it both ways.


31 posted on 12/24/2018 12:17:45 PM PST by plain talk
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To: bert
Well, I saw no report of volume. I suspect the computers are dealin’ with each other and the third or fourth string traders are all that’s on the floor.

Today was pretty low - 1.7B shares in the S&P, but Friday's drop had the highest volume in a couple of years - almost 5B shares.

32 posted on 12/24/2018 12:19:11 PM PST by semimojo
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Trump needs to fire the idiot that appointed this Fed chair.


33 posted on 12/24/2018 12:19:46 PM PST by proust (Justice delayed is injustice.)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

Yep, we are in a rigged game.


34 posted on 12/24/2018 12:20:27 PM PST by excalibur21
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To: Alberta's Child

Why are you here? Shut up and go away.


35 posted on 12/24/2018 12:21:39 PM PST by LouAvul (The most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.)
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To: montag813

If a POTUS take credit for something getting better, they will (and deserve to) be blamed when it goes down (or vice versa with things such as inflation.

NOBODY should ever be able to take credit for the good without equally getting blame for the bad, in particular CEOs, generals or other leaders.

If you don’t want the blame, don’t take the credit.


36 posted on 12/24/2018 12:26:40 PM PST by RedStateRocker
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To: Sarah Barracuda

NO! Market is tanking ITSELF by getting way more over-valued. Before recent correction, market was more over-valued than just before the October 1929 crash which was the start of Depression.


37 posted on 12/24/2018 12:31:22 PM PST by entropy12 (One million LEGAL immigrants/year is too many, without vetting for skills, Wealth or English skills.)
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To: Sarah Barracuda
The Dems would rather tank the economy than see Trump successful. They rely on the government for their salary and retirement, not the private market.
38 posted on 12/24/2018 12:31:53 PM PST by ActresponsiblyinVA
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To: reaganaut1

I’ve been buying on the way down.

Keep selling dumbasses!!!


39 posted on 12/24/2018 12:38:21 PM PST by VeniVidiVici
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To: Trumpet 1

Near historic low for sure. US Steel a good bet now !


40 posted on 12/24/2018 12:42:41 PM PST by onona (It is often wise to allow a person a graceful path.)
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