OT Wall Street Dive Signals Trump Policy Failure

[barfo]

Following the money plays a big part in which stocks serious investors buy.

Example.
He recieved a very large bank loan, say $100 million, to construct a hotel, or maybe a golf course. Let's investigate who is getting the construction contract and buy some of their stock.

Boy, that would be a mistake, since that construction company isn't going to get paid more than pennies on the dollar.

Or, one of his companies is going bankrupt. Find out who he owes money to and sell their stock.

Yeah, that might work, at least in theory.

I used to subscribe to the Wall Street Journal, Investors Business Daily, and Barrons to get leads on stocks to buy and sell. They report tons of business transactions that do not make main stream news. Trump's name came up often in these papers. His deals did affect the price of many individual stocks.

Well, if you made money paying attention to Trump, more power to you. It seems to me he's been relatively small potatoes business-wise except for a few years in the early 80s when he was blowing daddy's money.

barfo

 

[CupWizier]

I would like to discuss the stock market in general. I am not an expert, but, have over 60 years of experience with investing in the market.

Many factors influence the stock market, but, this one day decline was due to the unexpected news of future interest rate hikes.

The stock market has been in a bull market since 2009. One of the longest good runs in our nation's history. The market was overdue for a correction.

Corrections are a healthy part of the process. It weeds out weak stocks that have risen too far too fast. The good healthy stocks make a comeback.

Also there is a timing factor. The end of the year is when many portfolios make adjustments. This often causes a decline in stocks prices in the fall. Then after the new year and into the spring, more money is put into retirement funds to take advantage of tax deductions (such as IRAs), the market often raises again.

As far as the market adjusting to Trump and his bad behavior, think about this. Who knows Trump better then the stock market? They have been dealing with him for decades.

Presidents can affect the price of stocks. A good example is when it became obvious Obama was going to get his Obamacare bill passed. Medical stocks made a very large rise in value. However, with the recent court ruling, medical stocks made a huge decline.

Guess what I'm saying is, I'm damn tried of all the hate speech. I don't like Trump, never have long before he ran. But this hate speech is not wining me over to the far left. It is pushing me away.

Come up with a better plan and canidates, and I will listen. But fuck your non-stop hate speech.

Sorry for any errors, My numb hand is in a cast, not the best situation to use a touch screen.

We all make our own decisions. I feel this president has completely changed how the world sees us and it's not good. You can also avoid these posts rather than to try and tell those in the thread what they can and can't post. When i see posts i don't care to read i pass them by.

 

[julius]

Trump definitely ruined ISIS if that's what you mean.

That's debatable.

The only things Obama built up were ISIS and the National Debt.

The debt is pretty much as Obama left it, so I guess you can take solace in his legacy remaining intact.

The National (and Federal) debt has increased actually and will continue under Trump. There was a time when it flat lined, and the only reason it flatlined for a short time was the debt limit, which Trump had nothing to do with.

He, like almost every other politician out there, doesn't really give two shits about the National Debt. It's a talking point to trick people into thinking they're going to do something about it.

 

[Lanny]

Just an expected reaction to the Dems gaining control of the House and promising to obstruct trade and border security policies for the next 2 years.

The Real Economy is thriving at an accelerated rate.

Oh yeah, that's gotta be it. It certainly can't have anything to do with nobody wanting to work in the White House, a turnover rate that's dazzling, a trade war with the world and especially China, an abrupt pullout of U.S. troops from Syria, harsh criticism of the Chairman of the Fed., indictments and convictions of many Trump supporters, the closing of the crooked Trump University, the closing of the crooked Trump Foundation, the closing in by Mueller on Trump and his family for their crooked dealings, his total ignorance on anything and a stubborn refusal to read any of his briefing, all the remarks from his numerous fired and quitter cabinet members who call him stupid or has an IQ of a 5th or 6th grader or the Trump government shutdown. No, couldn't be any of that.