Did anybody notice
posted August 15th, 2017 at 11:45 PM
The stock market Is at record levels even though we are in tumultuous times and seem destined to for at least the near future. Am I paranoid or does that make zero sense at all?
posted August 15th, 2017 at 11:45 PM
Dan offers some advice on where she might find it.
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Post a CommentWe're not...
Aug 17, 2017 at 9:40am
... actually in tumultous times for the people who have lots of money and who work, don't protest.
The "protest culture" that has been manufactured over the last little while is simply a distraction for the nonworking classes, who are basically fucked.
after 2008
Aug 17, 2017 at 10:32am
You'd have to be a complete fucking moron to have any faith in the stock market.
The invisible hand became very visible in 2008, and its connected to a bunch of used car salesmen that are selling you bullshit.
Actual gold and real estate.
The conclusion is
Aug 17, 2017 at 3:43pm
The markets love Trump.
Trump is a businessman
Aug 17, 2017 at 3:58pm
We see chaos and racism and police brutality and rising seas.
Investors see one of theirs in charge, a deregulation advocate with a massive infrastructure mandate
@after 2008
Aug 19, 2017 at 11:09am
This is just something that the large number of people who got fucked over in 2008 say. Lots of people had a small blip (and stock market investing tends to be long-term, so some years you lose money--it sucks, but it happens) and have since then, due to the "print money" strategy gone on to make huge gains.
The rich and the upper middle class retired boomers are doing _just fine_. It's their children/grandchildren who are screwed. hearing them talk about it is sort f creepy, it's like they _don't care_.
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