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19. I think the stock market in Trump's first year was great, but after that, +1.4%

Reply to Bernardo de La Paz (Reply #16)

Thu Jun 27, 2019, 11:14 AM

Jun 2019

Last edited Thu Jun 27, 2019, 12:01 PM - Edit history (1)

S&P 500
Last close before inaugural day, 2017: 2264
1/26/18 close (1 year and 6 days after inaugural day, and the all time peak for about 8 months): 2873
Up 26.9%

1/26/18 close: 2873
Yesterday's close (nearly a year and a half later): 2914
Up 1.4% with a lot of heart-stopping volatility

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Trump says Fed should cut U.S. rates; Powell doing 'bad job' [View all] turbinetree Jun 2019 OP

Yet another impeachable offense ScratchCat Jun 2019 #1

His criminal enterprise must be trying to borrow money. Eliot Rosewater Jun 2019 #2

Its more like ScratchCat Jun 2019 #3

+1000. This. Exactly. Yavin4 Jun 2019 #17

Ironically, the Fed may save Trump from an economic slump metalbot Jun 2019 #18

In other words Trump is demanding lower rates to head off voters holding him responsible for cstanleytech Jun 2019 #4

trump is worried that he is going to kill the Obama recovery Gothmog Jun 2019 #5

He's making Powell his scapegoat duforsure Jun 2019 #6

He is so stupid kimbutgar Jun 2019 #7

If Fed so bad, why was he crowing about best June stock market in 40 years. Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2019 #14

Are you sure about the index? The S&P 500's highest close in 2017 was 2690 progree Jun 2019 #15

OK, looking at it at a little finer detail than I was, reading off a chart, I see that peaks were in Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2019 #16

I think the stock market in Trump's first year was great, but after that, +1.4% progree Jun 2019 #19

What an idiot. A lot of countries tie their currency's value to the US dollar, so what in the ... SWBTATTReg Jun 2019 #8

Trump has already been told ScratchCat Jun 2019 #11

And it roils Trump that there is actually someone in the government that he can't fire or no_hypocrisy Jun 2019 #9

anti Federal Reserve conspiracy theories are rampant among Trump's base DBoon Jun 2019 #10

The Trump Crime Syndicate is in Wellstone ruled Jun 2019 #12

The dollar index was 101.17 when he took office, yesterday closed at 96.14, down 4.97% progree Jun 2019 #13

it so fucking embarrassing, having this assclown pretend to be "president" Skittles Jun 2019 #20