Why a Democratic win doesn't crash the stock market?

[piezoe]

Three things: 1) Overall, the economy has done better under Democrat admins than under Republican. 2) The big messes that had to be cleaned up have mostly been left by Republican administrations. 3) The Stock market is almost always irrational. It's a big mistake to believe it is a direct reflection of the real economy. People do not buy stocks because the economy is doing well, they buy them because the market is going up. That allows them to buy even more on margin and drive the market to even greater irrationality. They keep buying until they are out of cash and can't borrow any more. They sell stocks because they are afraid. The more heavily margined they are the more fear engendered by market corrections. Eventually the fear is enough to cause a major sell-off. Rinse and repeat. Irrational markets do not spontaneously seek equilibrium. They spontaneously moves away from equilibrium toward their limits and then reverse....

 

[smallfil]

Thinking about the future = NOT politics

With the globalists in full control, there is no future. Your country right now might be doing well somewhat but, not for long. The goal of globalists is one world government run by a select few elites from some countries. In a Socialist or Communist state, the top communists "never" share power. Their lower level cohorts will be dealt with the same way, they engaged in treachery by betraying their countries. They will be lied to and eventually, eliminated. You will see slave wages everywhere because the globalists love lots of monies in their pockets.

 

[misterkel]

With the globalists in full control, there is no future. Your country right now might be doing well somewhat but, not for long. The goal of globalists is one world government run by a select few elites from some countries. In a Socialist or Communist state, the top communists "never" share power. Their lower level cohorts will be dealt with the same way, they engaged in treachery by betraying their countries. They will be lied to and eventually, eliminated. You will see slave wages everywhere because the globalists love lots of monies in their pockets.

Mostly, I agree. I think their agenda is a little more sinister, personally.

 

[Windlesham1]

Mostly, I agree. I think their agenda is a little more sinister, personally.

And Putin's ownership of Trump is ok? You know Russia rigged the 2016 election, right?

 

[El Trado]

And Putin's ownership of Trump is ok? You know Russia rigged the 2016 election, right?

Is it still someone that believe in that after all the investigations came up empty? Ok. I guess CNN is still some peoples only source of news.

 

[piezoe]

I think many here, myself included, see it as more fundamental than that. Do you want capitalism or socialism?

You've become blind to nuance and are seeing in black and white when the world includes all the colors of the spectrum.

 

[piezoe]

Is it still someone that believe in that after all the investigations came up empty?

That's a huge misconception! The uninformed, or those intentionally wanting to mislead, started posting this on social media and here, on ET. It's been repeated over and over; yet nothing could be further from the truth. Both the redacted Mueller report and the subsequent report of the Senate Intelligence Committee are available to you if you care to take the time to read them. Probably the most striking finding was that Trump's Campaign Chairman had a Russian Intelligence Officer as a business partner. It would be very difficult for any objective person to reach the conclusion that the nearly 40 indictments handed down due to the Mueller investigation amounted to " [coming] up empty handed." In particular, there resulted eleven indictments of Russian Officers who coordinated and participated in interference in the 2016 election. The indictments named them, their roles, and the location they operated from. There were more than 3500 fake social media accounts, among other things, used to influence U.S. voters. All of this information and much more was unearthed by Robert Mueller and his investigative team. It is now known that Russian Hackers hacked into the DNC's computers and turned contents of DNC's private communications over to Julian Assange who had sought asylum in the Ecuador's London Embassy. Assange arranged for this information to be released via those aiding the Trump campaign, chiefly Roger Stone. Included were commnications to and from John Podesta, Clinton's campaign chairman, indicating that DNC resources favored H. Clinton's campaign over B. Sanders. This infuriated and demoralized Sander's supporters, many of whom, presumably as a result, did not vote in the 2016 election when Sander's failed to win the nomination. Russian interference in the 2016 election was substantial and traceable to at least the highest ranks of the Russian Army, to Trump's campaign via his campaign Chairman, and to the Russian Hackers via the Assange released DNC emails. (Recall Trump's remark: "Russia, if you're listening...") The results of the investigations into Russian interference is hardly what any reasonable person would describe as coming up empty handed. [see: Mueller's Report, The Report of the Senate Intelligence Committee, and also https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/press-release]

What's not known, and will probably never be known, is whether this Russian interference made the difference in what turned out to be a very close election, among the closest on record; an election that saw one candidate win the popular vote and another the electoral college vote.

 

[Sig]

That's a huge misconception! The uninformed, or those intentionally wanting to mislead, started posting this on social media and here, on ET. It's been repeated over and over; yet nothing could be further from the truth. Both the redacted Mueller report and the subsequent report of the Senate Intelligence Committee are available to you if you care to take the time to read them. Probably the most striking finding was that Trump's Campaign Chairman had a Russian Intelligence Officer as a business partner. It would be very difficult for any objective person to reach the conclusion that the nearly 40 indictments handed down due to the Mueller investigation amounted to " [coming] up empty handed." In particular, there resulted eleven indictments of Russian Officers who coordinated and participated in interference in the 2016 election. The indictments named them, their roles, and the location the operated from. There were more than 3500 fake social media accounts, among other things, used to influence U.S. voters. All of this information and much more was unearthed by Robert Mueller and his investigative team. The result is hardly what could fairly be described as coming up empty handed.

But if they keep repeating it often enough then surely it will eventually be true, right? Seems to be a thing with the Trump folks.

 

[piezoe]

But if they keep repeating it often enough then surely it will eventually be true, right? Seems to be a thing with the Trump folks.

Trump himself has said that what is important is perception, which may, of course, not align with truth.

 

[misterkel]

Wikipedia:
The investigation found there were over 100 contacts between Trump campaign advisors and individuals affiliated with the Russian government, before and after the election, but the evidence was insufficient to show an illegal conspiracy.[87

NYT reference.