More winning

[malaise]

At this rate, the Stock Market for December is likely to the the worst since December 1931.
Heard that on M$NBComcast.
Well done Don the Con aka the rat hirer.

[cilla4progress]

1. Not looking at my portfolio..

though I am diversified and split into lesser volatile bonds.

I hope this rattles R cages and assists in them abandoning ship! Rats, you know...

[Wellstone ruled]

2. Down 12% since October.

Yupper,again thanks to Rethug Policies.

[Squinch]

5. Down 4.5% for the year. Individual 1 economy. So much winning.

[lunatica]

3. That's since the Great Depression

Maybe his supporters can all live in MAGAville tent towns this time.

[malaise]

4. Correct

[not fooled]

15. And they don't want evil gubmint help, so

no programs of any kind to help them this time with the next Republican depression.

[erronis]

16. I'm thinking soylent green. MAGA gag me with a spoon.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

37. MAGAts gotta eat, y'know

Mitch and Ryan will try to make sure MAGAts can't get social security or medicare; Repugs won their court case against Obamacare; trade wars killed jobs so they can't afford ammo to hunt food. Any MAGAts dying from achieving their stated goals should be considered fair game by surviving MAGAts.



Should be some kind of 'insane irony' tag that could be placed here.

[erronis]

39. Agree with all. We really need tags that show "insane irony" or even higher/lower levels

Of multi-entendre. I worry about those poor souls (?) that need everything spelled out in the preface and wrapped up in the epilogue.

Personally, I like the dangly things.

Oh, and since I'm not hep with the current lingo, I had to research emoji's/etc. These are fun:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irony_punctuation

[Hermit-The-Prog]

40. thanks! percontation point and irony mark

I'd never heard of the percontation point or irony mark. Thanks for the link.

Says it's a special character so it might not show up for all systems / browsers: ⸮

[erronis]

41. Yeah - even trying to read these wikipedia pages in the latest firefox blows out the display.

Works ok in chrome. Don't know about all the 10,000 other browser variants.

Still, it's fun to see the history of how writers have tried to deal with innuendo and subtleties.

[marble falls]

6. Enough with the winning, already!

[doc03]

7. While I am not a Trump fan that just isn't true. Maybe in point loss

but not in percentage.

[OilemFirchen]

11. It actually is true.

The stock market is on pace for its worst December since the Great Depression

Two benchmark U.S. stock indexes are careening toward a historically bad December.

Both the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 are on pace for their worst December performance since 1931, when stocks were battered during the Great Depression. The Dow and S&P 500 are down 7.8 percent and 7.6 percent this month, respectively.

December is typically a very positive month for markets. The Dow has only fallen during 25 Decembers going back to 1931.

[doc03]

12. Ok maybe for a December but no way for the year. nt

[malaise]

14. The OP says December

They quoted CNBC

[doc03]

23. That is deceiving to pick one month

out of a year. That is the kind of reporting people like Faux Nooz would do. In reality we aren't even in correction territory yet for the year. The market is still up 25+% since
Trump took office. But the market went up nearly 300% when Obama was pres.

[malaise]

42. It's also the worst year in a decade n/t

[doc03]

49. I think you are right about that nt

[panader0]

8. I remember when Bush II tried to tie Social Security to the stock market.

Everyone here seemed to think it was a terrible idea, and it was and is.
But so many here tie their retirement funds to the market. Why? If it's a bad
idea for Social Security, why is it a good idea for your 401k?
I have zero stock, no portfolio. As I have mentioned here before, 90% of all
stock is owned by the top 10%. Most people do not own stocks.
It's a rich man's poker game. A gamble.
If you have a retirement plan that relies on the market, I believe you can
restructure the plan.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

32. The stock market averages 10% per year return.

Some years it's more, some years it's less. Some years the market declines. But overall, it goes up. Another point to keep in mind is that the market sets new highs somewhat regularly. It never sets new lows. Never. Well, not since 1932.

Tying Social Security to the stock market was a terrible idea because of the uncertainty it would introduce in SS, and also that it would be an incredible and undeserved windfall for Wall Street and brokers everywhere.

Putting all of your money under the mattress, in a savings account, or even in bonds is a very bad idea because there is not only no growth, but you won't even keep up with inflation.

Diversification is the key.

[Vinca]

9. It'll be interesting to see what happens tomorrow if the fed raises interest rates.

[FakeNoose]

10. Cancelling the TPP was another huge, expensive blunder

He had to cancel it because Obama negotiated it. That's the only reason!

[malaise]

43. Well said

[Bettie]

13. My oldest son is a senior this year

we're afraid to look at his college fund. Really afraid.

[mentalslavery]

17. thats not true at all......nt

[malaise]

18. Tell CNBC n/t

[mentalslavery]

24. not the best source for information

[rzemanfl]

27. Something here is telling me I need to wash socks.

[malaise]

44. Haha

I have Arm & Hammer

[rzemanfl]

47. I wash them by hand like Harry Truman did. n/t

[Major Nikon]

19. ...

[malaise]

21. No no no

Don't spoil one of my favorite movies of all time.

[flibbitygiblets]

28. Sounds like someone is having a "Muunday"

[malaise]

29. ROFL

Seriously I can't count the number of times I've watched Office Space andI still crack up.
I have two nephews who love watching it with me. At first it was just to watch me laugh non- stop. Over the years they got it
It's a serious movie.n

[flibbitygiblets]

36. That movie was a public service message about how NOT to run a business

At the time it came out, I worked for a company that actually had TPS reports (their main system was the Total Processing System).
Also, my boyfriend (at the time) bought me a huge swingline stapler and spray-painted it red as a Christmas present.

[malaise]

45. Love it

[PeeJ52]

20. tRump has wiped out all his stock market gains and now

is starting to eat into the gains that Obama brought back from the Bush years. If they don't get rid of tRump soon, we'll be right back to 2008 again.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

35. Huh? When Trump took office the Dow was just under 20,000.

It closed today at 24,100. That does not wipe out all of his stock market gains.

And we are years overdue for a correction. Which is what this is at this point.

Yeah, I wouldn't be all that surprised if the market fell back a few thousand more points, but keep in mind that it won't be setting a new low. For that it would have to peel back all the way to 41.22, and that's not going to happen.

[AJT]

22. But at least the debt and deficit are down....

Oh yeah, no...... they're skyrocketing.

[malaise]

30. Ha

[Liberal In Texas]

25. Tariff Man!

[malaise]

31. Every thing he touches turns to shit

That SNL spoof hit a nerve because it's so true.

[UniteFightBack]

26. Ari was talking about it this afternoon too. Not good. nt

[watoos]

33. I think it is significant

There has never been a worse month for the Dow and S&P since 1931. Also this is after Trump gave corporations big tax breaks, allowed them to bring back offshore money for pennies on the dollar and deregulated. The market should be booming.

[malaise]

34. Of course it's significant

He helped the rich loot the country

[WeekiWater]

38. Thanks Obama. NT

[malaise]

46. Morning Joe starts with this

Worst December since the Great Depression. They thanked Obama for the recovery.

[WeekiWater]

48. That's awesome.

In the world of politics and for the average American these short phrases are huge. Worst December since the Great Depression. Worst December since the Great Depression. It sets perspective without having to get into minutia.