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exboyfil

(17,862 posts)
7. I left work early thinking it was about an 8% drop
Mon Mar 16, 2020, 04:26 PM
Mar 2020

Get home and it magically now 13%. I only live five-ten minutes away.

KPN

(15,643 posts)
8. That was the first thing that crossed my mind when I saw the market's response to his
Mon Mar 16, 2020, 04:34 PM
Mar 2020

comments. This is one of many times this has been noticeable. The House should do an investigation of this pattern. He is also brazen enough to make his comments late in the trading day so that the short gains hold through the closing. I have no doubt he has a network of trusted family/friends who have been making money shorting and going long on markets every time he opens his mouth about the Fed and now the COVID-19 outlook. This bastard is actually making money on all of this -- it's his wildest wet dream to have money rain on him just by speaking.

2naSalit

(86,577 posts)
10. He does take sublte hints
Mon Mar 16, 2020, 04:52 PM
Mar 2020

or flat out sledge hammer either! All he sees is himself, everyone else is just a disposable prop.

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