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Why is the market 300 up? (Original Post) question everything Dec 2016 OP
See the post: DIRTY DEAL: TRUMP TAPS FOSSIL FUEL SHILL FOR EPA 4139 Dec 2016 #1
Dunno. I rarely take serious any 'attributions.' elleng Dec 2016 #2
The dollar is down pretty much across the board Warpy Dec 2016 #3
If Paul Ryan is successful in tearing down medicare and social security - alot applegrove Dec 2016 #4
Why wouldn't it be? TheCowsCameHome Dec 2016 #5
They could not explain it on CNBC, someone called it "panic buyint" question everything Dec 2016 #6

Warpy

(111,222 posts)
3. The dollar is down pretty much across the board
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 05:08 PM
Dec 2016

so large foreign investors are picking up bargains. When the dollar rises, they'll dump those bargains and collect the difference.

There are a lot of reasons the herd moves in one direction or another. This is one of them.

applegrove

(118,577 posts)
4. If Paul Ryan is successful in tearing down medicare and social security - alot
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 06:09 PM
Dec 2016

of that will be in private health care and private retirement accounts, which will be in the stock market. 300 million poeple. Stock market will go up hugely. I don't want to see people's social security in the stock market. But i can't do anything about that.

question everything

(47,460 posts)
6. They could not explain it on CNBC, someone called it "panic buyint"
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 09:31 PM
Dec 2016

since the market has been going up since the elections, many are afraid to lose the trend..

When went down are the drug and biotech companies

http://realmoney.thestreet.com/articles/12/07/2016/cramer-trump-everythings-negotiation?puc=yahoo&cm_ven=YAHOO

That's right, in the Man of the Year interview with President-elect Trump, Time said he told them "his goal has never wavered." What's he going to do? "I'm going to bring down drug prices. I don't like what has happened with drug prices."

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