Stock Market getting nervous

[bunsen82]

I have been noticing it more and more the last couple of weeks. The market is starting to take into account Trumps policies and the effects on the economy. Today Unemployment was announce, they discussed the government layoffs, saying this will have an effect, specifically said DC will be in a recession. Said more than that it is having a chilling affect on behaviors of government employees. They don't have data, but surveys have shown, government employees intend to save more due to concerns they could be let go.

Walmart came out today, numbers good, but said tariffs and and a more challenged consumer is going to bring their growth down this year. Personally I thought WMT was overvalued, we have a ton of the stock, but will continue to let that one ride for now. Dow is down 1% today, Nasdaq .8%

I have talked before about policy missteps and that it could put us into a recession and protentional a depression. I don't think people realize the potential missteps that could occur. As of now I am still invested, but I am definitely keeping an eye out.

 

[franklinman]

I'm out now that CRAZY is running the show.

 

[TC Nole OX]

It is inevitable that Cheeto will crash the economy, and the stock market. This podcast from 2009 is instructive. The collapse didn't happen all across the country all at once. It happened one community at a time as the impacts of tariffs were delivered. The same will happen this time both with tariffs and DOGE layoffs.

Thomas Rustici on Smoot-Hawley and the Great Depression - Econlib

Thomas Rustici of George Mason University and author of Lessons from the Great Depression talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the impact of the Smoot-Hawley Act on the economy. The standard view is that the decrease in trade that followed Smoot-Hawley was not big enough to be a...

www.econtalk.org

"Rustici focuses on the impact of Smoot Hawley on bank closings and the money supply. Smoot-Hawley launched an international trade war that reduced world trade dramatically. This had large concentrated regional effects in the United States and around the world in areas that depended on trade. Those were the areas where the first banks collapsed..."

 

[B1GDeal]

Look at the past weeks and even few months. Gas prices going up, grocery prices going up... now unemployment going up... stock market going down. Meanwhile, MAGA is focused on making a deal for Russia to take part of Ukraine, ban DEI, ban trans service members, and sending people to Guantanamo Bay tent cities.

 

[TC Nole OX]

Look at the past weeks and even few months. Gas prices going up, grocery prices going up... now unemployment going up... stock market going down. Meanwhile, MAGA is focused on making a deal for Russia to take part of Ukraine, ban DEI, ban trans service members, and sending people to Guantanamo Bay tent cities.

They are owning the libs

 

[franklinman]

They are owning the libs

And screwing the stupid CONS, FACT.

 

[HROT]

I’m just surprised the big guys were so willingly to ride the ride. Unless they just want to squeeze every penny they can from retail traders

 

[Huey Grey]

We're heading into a recession. You can't have this level of incompetence and think that nothing bad will happen. Business simply cannot adapt to rapidly changing conditions on a daily basis. Trump's chaotic decisions will drive our economy into the ground.

 

[Tom Paris]

Look at the past weeks and even few months. Gas prices going up, grocery prices going up... now unemployment going up... stock market going down. Meanwhile, MAGA is focused on making a deal for Russia to take part of Ukraine, ban DEI, ban trans service members, and sending people to Guantanamo Bay tent cities.

Thanks, MAGAs. And democrats who didn't like the black lady who laughed.

 

[TC Nole OX]

I'm reading this today

https://www.amazon.com/Battle-Investment-Survival-Essential-Classics/dp/1722502738/

 

[Crafty Beaver]

I have been noticing it more and more the last couple of weeks. The market is starting to take into account Trumps policies and the effects on the economy. Today Unemployment was announce, they discussed the government layoffs, saying this will have an effect, specifically said DC will be in a recession. Said more than that it is having a chilling affect on behaviors of government employees. They don't have data, but surveys have shown, government employees intend to save more due to concerns they could be let go.

Walmart came out today, numbers good, but said tariffs and and a more challenged consumer is going to bring their growth down this year. Personally I thought WMT was overvalued, we have a ton of the stock, but will continue to let that one ride for now. Dow is down 1% today, Nasdaq .8%

I have talked before about policy missteps and that it could put us into a recession and protentional a depression. I don't think people realize the potential missteps that could occur. As of now I am still invested, but I am definitely keeping an eye out.

It's really surprising that the stock market hasn't been MORE cautious, given all the tariff saber-rattling & DOGE happenings.

 

[WadeLookingbill]

I have been noticing it more and more the last couple of weeks. The market is starting to take into account Trumps policies and the effects on the economy. Today Unemployment was announce, they discussed the government layoffs, saying this will have an effect, specifically said DC will be in a recession. Said more than that it is having a chilling affect on behaviors of government employees. They don't have data, but surveys have shown, government employees intend to save more due to concerns they could be let go.

Walmart came out today, numbers good, but said tariffs and and a more challenged consumer is going to bring their growth down this year. Personally I thought WMT was overvalued, we have a ton of the stock, but will continue to let that one ride for now. Dow is down 1% today, Nasdaq .8%

I have talked before about policy missteps and that it could put us into a recession and protentional a depression. I don't think people realize the potential missteps that could occur. As of now I am still invested, but I am definitely keeping an eye out.

I think a significant percentage of (retail) investors have their finger hovering over the sell button. Between inflated valuations, the uncertainty created by Trump (are the tariff threats real? are we firing everyone? are we taking over Gaza?), and the increased risk for any other black swan event, people are a bit skittish. That said, there is serious money sitting on the sidelines ready to go, so hopefully any crashes will be mostly bought up unless things turn truly south. I just think Trump has too many rich people in his ear that he's beholden to, to let the market fully crash.