Anyone speculate why the stock market continues to climb in the face of tariffs?

**Jarod** · 08-13-2018, 10:36 AM

Originally Posted by CFM

It's approximately 5400 higher than it was the day your boy left office.

And somehow that means it continues to rise?

**CFM** · 08-13-2018, 10:38 AM

Originally Posted by Jarod

And somehow that means it continues to rise?

It means exactly what it says, boy.

**Jarod** · 08-13-2018, 11:01 AM

Originally Posted by CFM

It means exactly what it says, boy.

The DOW has been flat for 8 months. Boy.

Your claim shows what a false ReTrumplican fantasyland you are living in.

**canceled.2021.2** · 08-13-2018, 11:18 AM

I didn't think any of our left wingers would be able to answer.

The answer is the free flow of capital. Canada, Turkey, and other countries are seeing outflows of capital. Capital will always seek refuge in safe places and it flows easier than people. I am not saying all of the capital is flowing to the US, but much is and that means a growing economy.

#MAGA

The lessons are free folks

**CFM** · 08-13-2018, 11:22 AM

Originally Posted by Jarod

The DOW has been flat for 8 months. Boy.

Your claim shows what a false ReTrumplican fantasyland you are living in.

The DOW is up 5400 higher than your boy.

**FUCK THE POLICE** · 08-13-2018, 11:29 AM

Fuck the stock market, it's meaningless and has no relation to the experience of the average American. The more they make, the more they siphon off of us.

**FUCK THE POLICE** · 08-13-2018, 11:31 AM

Originally Posted by Teflon Don

I didn't think any of our left wingers would be able to answer.

The answer is the free flow of capital. Canada, Turkey, and other countries are seeing outflows of capital. Capital will always seek refuge in safe places and it flows easier than people. I am not saying all of the capital is flowing to the US, but much is and that means a growing economy.

#MAGA

The lessons are free folks

Dollars originate in the US, dollars cannot just appear in the ether and flow into the United States continously with no issue

The trad deficit is expanding because of our capital inflows from massively increased debt to fuel our giveaways to the wealthy, that leads to demand for dollars overseas which is met by an increasing trade deficit

**Joe Capitalist** · 08-13-2018, 12:21 PM

Originally Posted by Teflon Don

It is an interesting phenomenon isn't it? Everyone has screamed calamity while President Trump is trying to reset the trade imbalance that exists in the world. Germany wants to be free to sell its cars here but puts barriers to the US selling our cars there. That is not free trade.

As the stock market discounts the future, one would think that if the market thought that these tariffs would have negative consequences for the US economy we would be seeing a massive decline in the stock market

However, it has been slowly inching up. Can anyone explain why?

I think I know, but want to hear others input first.

Liberals, here is your chance to wow us with your financial acumen. You aren't being thread banned so please take advantage of this rare opportunity

I'm not a liberal but I will answer anyway.
Correlation does not always equate to causation. BTW, the stock market plummeted Friday.

And the stock market more than doubled in value during President Obama's two terms in office. My personal investments more than tripled.
It is an interesting phenomenon isn't it?

**zappasguitar** · 08-13-2018, 12:45 PM

Originally Posted by Jarod

And somehow that means it continues to rise?

That is EXACTLY what it means...

...in Trumpkinland.

**Centerleftfl** · 08-13-2018, 01:04 PM

Originally Posted by CFM

Gotta have it first, boy. Perhaps that's why all those whining about their wages not going up can't do it. They provide such below average skills, the only way they can increase what they make is to have the government do it through mandate with things like minimum wage.

I had a typical experience with one of those below average skill workers last Saturday. I ordered a jelly biscuit and a cup of coffee at the local Hardees (Carls, Jr. for you left coasters). The idiot working at the drive thru window seemed shocked when I asked her dumb black ass why there wasn't any jelly in the bag for my JELLY biscuit. Just like the typical low intellect, low skilled person working at those places, she copped an attitude about it acting as if it was my fault for asking for JELLY she didn't put into the bag for a JELLY biscuit.

Not too many weeks ago, I had gone to the local McDonalds an ordered only a cup of coffee. I was asked if I wanted cream and sugar with it to which I answered "no thank you". When I pulled to the window, the worker tried to hand me two cups of coffee in a carrier to which I said I had only ordered one. She handed me one of them from the carrier. When I started to drink it, it didn't taste like black coffee. I removed the lid and discovered that cream and sugar had been put in it. I suspect that it may have been the order of the person behind me. This particular location has the double drive thru that merges into one paying/receiving lane.

When the dumbasses at these locations start getting even the simplest orders correct, I'll support them making more. Since they can't seem to put JELLY in a bag for a JELLY biscuit and add creamer/sugar when the question of whether I wanted it was not to put it, the $7.25 required to pay them by federal mandate is too much.

Blame it on $7.25 employee shoving shit through a window? Just can't punch down hard enough when you can't get your coffee order--t MC DONALDS--right? Or punch down on some "black ass" at Hardees?

Welcome to America 2018!

**Nordberg** · 08-13-2018, 01:10 PM

The market pros think there will be a resolution. They don't see Trump's stupidity as having staying power. If Trump goes through with his next round, the impact may be felt bigly.

**Centerleftfl** · 08-13-2018, 01:16 PM

Originally Posted by Teflon Don

I didn't think any of our left wingers would be able to answer.

The answer is the free flow of capital. Canada, Turkey, and other countries are seeing outflows of capital. Capital will always seek refuge in safe places and it flows easier than people. I am not saying all of the capital is flowing to the US, but much is and that means a growing economy.

#MAGA

The lessons are free folks

It's certainly not those cljntries driving the rise. TURKEY and Canada represent, what 3-4% of the worlds economies? Who else you got? Or what else you got? Besides money always 'flowed' here.

**canceled.2021.2** · 08-13-2018, 01:50 PM

Originally Posted by Centerleftfl

It's certainly not those cljntries driving the rise. TURKEY and Canada represent, what 3-4% of the worlds economies? Who else you got? Or what else you got? Besides money always 'flowed' here.

how surprising you didn't understand what I typed

concession accepted

**Sailor** · 08-13-2018, 01:54 PM

Originally Posted by DISBAND ICE

Fuck the stock market, it's meaningless and has no relation to the experience of the average American. The more they make, the more they siphon off of us.

Nothing stops you or anyone from investing in the markets.

**Jack** · 08-13-2018, 02:02 PM

I personally bailed out of Emerging Markets because their money is shit. A*strong dollar/rising dollar means foreign currency is debased. Add to that their own inflation woes and you get Monopoly Money for a Return. Fuck that. I'm sure I'm not the only one that has started to adopt a 'home-country bias'.