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U.S. stock market loses $5 trillion in value in three weeks (www.cnbc.com)
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The S&P 500 has fallen more than 10% from its record high, entering a correction and shedding trillions of dollars in market value.

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[–] [email protected] 39 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

I was told Republicans are better for the economy than Democrats though.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 15 hours ago

Conservatives will confidently tell you a nail is a screw, even having never picked up a toolbox in their life. When you ask too many questions they’ll start screaming nonsense or gaslight you.

Their words mean nothing.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 hours ago

This seems to concede with something else that happen 3 weeks ago..

[–] [email protected] 26 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Investors pulling out cash so they can buy up everything during the recession.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 15 hours ago

Exactly. This shit is by design.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 14 hours ago

Funny that we're not seeing mass layoffs on Wall Street despite all of this. Losing this much value in a month still leaves brokers with viable business? It's weird.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 14 hours ago

I’m that scene where Kramer is smiling and nodding because Jerry lost more money in his stocks