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To: koan who wrote (362439)	2/5/2018 3:43:42 PM
From: Alex MG	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542864

the market was due for a correction... I rather enjoyed today's tumble, being a trader 87 was due to program trades being hit if I recall correctly, and also the DOW had risen considerably and was due for a correction blast from the past

To: koan who wrote (362439)	2/5/2018 6:25:16 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542864

Scrotus has done several things to destabilize the market. Solar is big- his apparent desire to hit the solar industry, and green energy in general, was bad for the economy. Giving to the rich and sucking the life out of taxes to do this- so you have nothing for "emergencies", is bad for the economy. Being careless about our international treaties, and driving former trading partners into the arms of China- is bad for the economy. Military uncertainty wrt the position in the US on old treaties and norms of behavior- is bad for the economy. There's so much bad for the economy, I've been awed that the market didn't correct before now- but it's never rational, is it? So things take time. Now we are seeing the fruit of the poisonous Scrotus. It's ugly. And if the market keeps falling, and it may, then Scrotus will be blamed- since he was so so so very happy to take the credit for the rise. It's rather lovely, really.