From: AlleyCat <katt@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,can.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.politics.liberalism,alt.politics.democrats,alt.politics.usa.republican
Subject: Market "Craters!"
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2025 23:29:43 -0500
Organization: AlleyCat Computing, Inc.
Whud I tell you faggots about people who panicked and sold?
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Maybe the craziest, dumbest, wildest month of market coverage ever covered.
Very stupid, very fun, sorry to everyone who sold.
S&P closes down less than 1% for April.
ONE percent.
"Craters"
Riiiiight.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gpzyw7-XIAE-smg?format=png&name=900x900
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You know there's a guy out there living a life of Zen-like contemplation in a cabin somewhere, refusing to check the news, who
assesses his portfolio on a monthly basis and has no reason to believe that anything happened in April, because the market
usually ALWAYS bounces back.
People that sold, did so because the media scared the shit out of them.
There were days you would think the world was over. And that is irresponsible coming from major financial news outlets as well as
people with big audiences on social media.
Too bad...
Have we learned nothing from real crisis and haven't we learned how Trump works. Just wait until some new deals are announced.
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