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WSHazel

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12. The difference is

Reply to Bernardo de La Paz (Reply #11)

Fri May 23, 2025, 01:22 PM

May 2025

Taking a long or short position is a bet on which way the market will move. Doing what Trump is doing is like betting on a 4 on a craps table and then putting a 3 and a 1 down on the table and claiming you rolled it. It is cheating the market, and other investors who are not "on the inside" will leave.

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European stocks tumble, bonds rally after Trump proposes 50% EU tariff [View all] WSHazel May 2025 OP

Who isn't on to his game at this point? NCDem47 May 2025 #1

The marmalade moron is flinging poo again C_U_L8R May 2025 #2

One bond/income fund I watch changed their allocation to totally domestic a few weeks back bucolic_frolic May 2025 #3

From January to May, Europe has been on a big bull run while US has zeroed out and dollar declined Bernardo de La Paz May 2025 #8

That is all true. bucolic_frolic May 2025 #10

with tariffs to manipulate the markets who needs tax cuts? Marthe48 May 2025 #4

I don't know much about the stock market kkmarie May 2025 #5

The first thing to know is that early in a move nobody knows how big a move it is. Bernardo de La Paz May 2025 #7

To call it manipulation is to give him too much credit. Can't say he is insane and a mastermind. Bernardo de La Paz May 2025 #6

This isn't mastermind level stuff WSHazel May 2025 #9

Except those short & long positions are standard contrarian strategy INDEPENDENT of tRump. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz May 2025 #11

The difference is WSHazel May 2025 #12

Trump got pissed that Greenland signed a lucrative mineral deal with Greenland LetMyPeopleVote May 2025 #13