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bhikkhu

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8. I got out the morning after the election

Reply to MoonRiver (Reply #6)

Thu Nov 24, 2016, 02:08 PM

Nov 2016

Not the smartest thing, in retrospect, but I wan't prepared for a trump win (to say the least). I figure if things go up, I'm still ok - I'll miss out on the "trump market" with a clean conscience at least.

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Trump bubble coming? [View all] HassleCat Nov 2016 OP

My bet is it's going to go up and then crash as typically happens when republicans get into RKP5637 Nov 2016 #1

There will be a spectacular crash in about a year flamingdem Nov 2016 #2

most financial market dives are caused by forces, events outside the country bigtree Nov 2016 #3

And.... PoorMonger Nov 2016 #4

An interesting article in The Week eleny Nov 2016 #5

I'm thinking about getting out of the stock market the day after its inauguration. MoonRiver Nov 2016 #6

I got out the morning after the election bhikkhu Nov 2016 #8

I thought about doing that too. MoonRiver Nov 2016 #9

Definitely - been there, done that bhikkhu Nov 2016 #11

And it will blow right when many of us are on the cusp of retirement. BigDemVoter Nov 2016 #7

Yep. 6 months to a year of an economic candy-high, then brace for the crash... backscatter712 Nov 2016 #10