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EdmondDantes_

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4. You do realize the stock market always goes up and down right?

Reply to turbinetree (Original post)

Thu Apr 2, 2026, 10:57 AM

Apr 2

Stop looking at every fluctuation and expecting it to be perfectly linear with what you think it should do. It never does that because there's so many stocks, so many brokers, people doing shorts and longs, etc. Look at longer term patterns.

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Dow Jones.................this ponzi scheme just keeps getting better................ [View all] turbinetree Apr 2 OP

They're not dollars, they're points. mobeau69 Apr 2 #1

This is correct True Dough Apr 2 #3

I should have been more specific and mentioned the Dow Divisor..........but I digress............... turbinetree Apr 2 #6

Volatility means he's melting the market, just like everything else bucolic_frolic Apr 2 #2

You do realize the stock market always goes up and down right? EdmondDantes_ Apr 2 #4

Especially when considering the DOW MichMan Apr 2 #5