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Unhappy438 said:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/amph...-trumps-presidency/?__twitter_impression=true

I guess the stock market didnt listen to Trump.Bad! Sick! Stock market. Possibility of beating the financial meltdown of 2008.
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I posted this in the Trump thread a few days ago(but it was swamped by $hitposting). This correction actually appears to be the result of a healthy economy.


Others blamed the Fed for the market breakdown, or least the mentality that led to the selling climate.

The central bank, following its meeting last week, noted that inflation looked to be on the uptick. That put the market on notice, a point that was echoed when the government Friday said average hourly earnings rose 2.9 percent in January, the fastest move of the recovery.
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konfab said:
I posted this in the Trump thread a few days ago(but it was swamped by $hitposting). This correction actually appears to be the result of a healthy economy.
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Except it isn't. The only reason the market would react so dramatically to the mere prospect of higher interest rates is if they're swimming naked and worried about the tide going out. A healthy economy wouldn't fear higher interest rates to this extent.
 
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Boom! Headshot.
 
Xarog.

Stop posting your stupid conspiracy theory bulls**t here.

You are becoming extremely tiresome.
 
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Unhappy438 said:
I guess the stock market didnt listen to Trump.Bad! Sick! Stock market. Possibility of beating the financial meltdown of 2008.
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its still at crazy levels much higher than 2008, I'm guessing off the top of my head the DOW is twice that it was in 2008, even after these events, and that's just 10 years ago

so in my view if its to beat that meltdown, it still has far to go, even if the index goes below 20 000 it still won't be cause for alarm
 
The_Assimilator said:
Xarog.

Stop posting your stupid conspiracy theory bulls*t here.

You are becoming extremely tiresome.
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That's MSM, not conspiracy theories. And cry more, you'll need the practice for later.
 
NarrowBandFtw said:
34% more electoral votes than the nearest competition is not a landslide?
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Trump contends that the size of his victory was historic, which is not borne out by the results.

Trump won 306 electoral votes to Clinton's 232. That puts him comfortably above the required 270 electoral votes. But it's hard to argue this represents a landslide of historic proportions, given that out of 58 presidential elections, the winner has received more electoral votes in 37 contests.
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https://www.npr.org/2016/12/11/5051...massive-landslide-victory-but-history-differs
 
NarrowBandFtw said:
34% more electoral votes than the nearest competition is not a landslide?
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So all elections from Carter onwards were called landslides? Apart from W's?

Was Obama's and Clinton super duper landslides then? 'cause look at them numbers
 
NarrowBandFtw said:
Obama's 2012 victory margin is virtually identical to Trump's
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Did Zuma teach you maths?

Obama 2012: 332 vs 206 = 61%
Trump 2016: 302 vs 232 = 34%

Virtually identical is maybe a few % , there is nearly a 60 point swing there.
 
Unhappy438 said:
Obama 2012: 332 vs 206 = 61%
Trump 2016: 304 vs 227 = 34%

Virtually identical is maybe a few % , there is nearly a 60 point swing there.
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ftfy, and nice try, but there's only 30 votes in it when you take into account it is virtually certain that any vote lost by the leader would be gained by the candidate in 2nd place.
 
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ftfy,
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Just typos, the % stays the same. Although Clinton's numbers are conflicting.

NarrowBandFtw said:
and nice try, but there's only 30 votes in it when you take into account it is virtually certain that any vote lost by the leader would be gained by the candidate in 2nd place.
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Yes thanks Einstein, that's why i used the word swing. Fact is you used the words "victory margin" and even gave us the method we should use to calculate , should have chosen your words better and your calculations.
 
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