Does anyone know if Manchin shorted the market on Friday?

[Fiendish Thingy]

We can assume Manchin knew his remarks yesterday would cause turmoil in the markets today (perhaps he even anticipated that Goldman would downgrade projected 2022 US GDP as well).

Anyone who knew on Friday what Manchin was going to say on Sunday could have made a nice windfall today…

It’s a fair question.

[Sherman A1]

1. Wouldn't make any difference

Nothing happens to these types of folks.

[taxi]

4. Very interesting

Anyone with enough investments could use a combination of strategies, including shorts.
My guess is he probably did and does, along with other strategies.

[Baked Potato]

3. How would he explain that to the folks back home?

[2naSalit]

15. +1

[bucolic_frolic]

5. Coincidence is not causality

The indexes have been rolling over for weeks.

[Uncle Joe]

6. I had that thought as well

Thanks for the thread Fiendish Thingy.

[Hoyt]

7. Market could have gone up because big businesses would not face the taxes in BBB. Omicron fears

seem to be the culprit for today's market decline.

[former9thward]

8. The market is down because of omicron.

Not because of Manchin's remarks.

[Irish_Dem]

10. No, I read the solar market is down today because of Manchin?

[former9thward]

13. Maybe, but the solar market is tiny compared to the overall market.

[Irish_Dem]

14. A Senator is actively damaging the President of the United States.

And damaging bills and the Dam party.

It has to hit the stock market in some way.

[Fiendish Thingy]

11. Goldman downgraded GDP projections because BBB was killed, not Omicron. Nt

[former9thward]

12. Investors are reacting to the near problems of omicron.

Not something that stretches over 10 years.

[Irish_Dem]

9. Trump used to do it all the time.