Trump posted on Saturday to Truth Social for people to "hang tough" and that this was an "economic revolution."
U.S. stocks were slammed for a third day on Monday as the White House remained defiant even after President Donald Trump’s rollout of shockingly high tariff rates on most key U.S. trading partners has caused a market meltdown.
"Can you believe these stock gurus are so woke? They are trying to make the markets identify as a bear. By Executive Order, I hereby designate that the US stock market is an eagle, forever soaring! Anyone who says the market is down will be shipped to El Salvador"
They are doing their best with the framing, but I do get the feeling - considering how futures had been trading before - this is going to be a dead cat bounce.
Interesting to note the same thing happened with CA/Mex tariff 1month pause, and after denying the rumor Trump did the pause anyway. IMHO that’s why today’s bounce had legs, algos uncertain if near history will repeat itself. It just might, careful how many puts you load up on out there traders!
Right now we’re all just pushing the stock price planchette — the bears and shorts all entered this morning with their trades queued up from the weekend.
Where we stop nobody knows, usually there are a few reversals through the day.
There was a brief $200 spike that lasted 15 minutes and then went back down to where it was. Looks like someone with a lot of money made a bid to "buy the dip". Absolutely nothing to justify this headline.
I've seen a few talking heads today desperately trotting out the "investing is a long term strategy" line and telling people not to sell or pull their money from their portfolios.
The statement is somewhat correct, but all they are after here is for a shmuck to hold the bag for them while the big players pull their tricks.
Yeah, last time this happened the market and economy stayed weak, with only massive government spending on public works and job programs saving the economy from complete collapse.
My head cannon says 10%, but I just looked it up for not knowing and it turns out there are 3 circuit breaker levels on intraday: 7%, 13%, and 20%. TIL
It's a shame we don't have a competent left in the US. This is an opportunity.
As Republican voters have been turned into easily deluded suckers unable to think critically or act in their own interests, now would be the perfect time to capitalize on that and turn them against the core rot of our society: unrestrained capitalism. That's why we have Trump to begin with.
"Look, the capital markets are anti MAGA! The capital markets must be destroyed, if you disagree you have Trump derangement syndrome! Capitalism is revealed as a woke leftist plot to discredit GodEmperorDaddyTrump!"
The capitalists defunded education for decades to cut their own taxes despite profiting from a literate workforce pool, and pushed profit friendly lies through for profit media and captured government pulpits. The capitalists made this drooling army of rage zombies that is the Republican base. They don't know which way is up. They might not be doing it for the right reasons, but this is a magic moment where the monsters could be given a nudge to turn on their oligarch creators.