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In reply to the discussion: DOW is tanking. Thanks, you stupid orange moron. [View all]struggle4progress
(125,327 posts)13. Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq tank
US stocks fell sharply on Friday as Wall Street grappled with President Trump's escalating trade war and weighed signs of reinvigorated inflation pressures as consumer sentiment plummets.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) gave up 1.6%, or over 700 points, while the benchmark S&P 500 (^GSPC) fell 2%. The Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) dropped 2.7% as tech stocks led the declines.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/live/stock-market-today-dow-sp-500-nasdaq-tank-as-inflation-fears-tariffs-spark-tech-sell-off-133038138.html
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Think. Again.
Mar 2025
#43
Don't it always seem to go that you don't know what you've got til it's gone?
RazorbackExpat
Mar 2025
#51
'Tariffs threaten to cut US auto sales by 700,000 in 2025 amid recession uncertainty'
sop
Mar 2025
#5
The ever present problem for over a decade now: who is willing to enforce anything against fascist criminals?
Magoo48
Mar 2025
#42
Financial magazines are advising to shift overseas and to safer investments like bonds
IronLionZion
Mar 2025
#28
Hell yes. I think he's screwing w/the market. "Tariffs on" one day, the market crashes. "Tariffs off" another day, goes
kerry-is-my-prez
Mar 2025
#22
Or that when Trump was desperate, bankrupt and needed money, he got "Dirty money" from Russia.
kerry-is-my-prez
Mar 2025
#27
I agree, it is on purose and I believe puti put him up to it...these tariffs are unlawful in that he used
c-rational
Mar 2025
#29
Sooner or later big money is going to step in to stop Trump before he bankrupts us all.
flashman13
Mar 2025
#17
Is Trump "screwing" with the market, making it go up and down with "tariff talk".
kerry-is-my-prez
Mar 2025
#19