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Karma13612

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18. There are plenty of

Wed Apr 9, 2025, 07:24 PM

Apr 2025

People who are in the stock market through an employer who simply shows them the investment firm website and says “it’s all yours”. “You’re on your own”.

Good luck if you are clueless like I was for a long time. Employers who put the employees retirement funds in an investment like the stock market should be required to give training classes on how to manager their funds, or provide an investment counselor free of charge.

It might be offered now, but when I was that “said employee”, I was scared to touch my account since I was clueless. And no one held your hand.

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Is it reasonable to think that lots of people sold their stock holdings when the market tanked [View all] intrepidity Apr 2025 OP

I was thinking the same thing. Henry203 Apr 2025 #1

I'm not at all sure that "it's over". David__77 Apr 2025 #2

Classic enid602 Apr 2025 #3

If It Were A Classic Trump Scheme... ProfessorGAC Apr 2025 #6

Right. "Manipulation" is an easy goto, but most often a sign of simplistic thinking. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2025 #9

Pump and dump enid602 Apr 2025 #16

Why wouldn't he? Stupidity, incompetence, ego, .... That he * could * is not evidence that he did. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2025 #17

Rationale enid602 Apr 2025 #38

Likewise, I can't see any rational idea for his tariff approach & policy. But I do see an irrational idea Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2025 #40

Exactly This ProfessorGAC Apr 2025 #41

Right blubunyip Apr 2025 #44

Some, Probably ProfessorGAC Apr 2025 #4

It's like the stock market is a giant roulette wheel and Trump controls the table. OAITW r.2.0 Apr 2025 #5

Class action lawsuit over insider trading Meowmee Apr 2025 #7

I wouldn't start holding my breath on that happening any time soon. n/t elocs Apr 2025 #14

Don't worry, I'm not 😹... which lawyers would take that on? Meowmee Apr 2025 #15

Some did. It's induced dump and pump. bucolic_frolic Apr 2025 #8

If you don't understand that you've not lost anything until you sell, then you shouldn't be in the market at all. elocs Apr 2025 #10

There are plenty of Karma13612 Apr 2025 #18

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Giving in to the fear was an idiotic move. WarGamer Apr 2025 #12

The sky was falling and it still may. Doodley Apr 2025 #21

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Do you have stock? Doodley Apr 2025 #25

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Do you realize that what is happening is unprecedented in terms of scale and potential economic destruction? Doodley Apr 2025 #29

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It is different. 1/ We have a bad faith actor who is damaging trading relationships, insulting other nations. and Doodley Apr 2025 #35

It's so scary now.... Karma13612 Apr 2025 #43

Not all have "many years" for a supposed recovery Meowmee Apr 2025 #26

Well, there are some (raising hand) moonscape Apr 2025 #34

You are far from alone! Karma13612 Apr 2025 #42

You're smarter than I. I went moonscape Apr 2025 #45

I keep watching the DJI Karma13612 Apr 2025 #46

Many foreign investors hold US stocks, including quasi-governmental ones Metaphorical Apr 2025 #47

yeah actually it's not... WarGamer Apr 2025 #23

Let's review this conversation in six months. Doodley Apr 2025 #24

sure... or 12 months. WarGamer Apr 2025 #33

Yes. That's a given. But I don't see this as being the end of this nonsense. I think those Scrivener7 Apr 2025 #13

This works once or twice Metaphorical Apr 2025 #19

The fact that he had any standing in WS Meowmee Apr 2025 #27

"Tis a consummation devoutly to be wished." Referring to: raccoon Apr 2025 #39

Can you explain to me how manipulation can cause markets to drop and rise like this? iemanja Apr 2025 #30

See what Adam Schiff says intrepidity Apr 2025 #36

That's insider trading iemanja Apr 2025 #37

That would have been a dumb mustake. nt LexVegas Apr 2025 #31