• Monument@piefed.world
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    10 days ago

    I’m annoyed when a bloodbath on Wall Street is reported and 1.) the blood in question is metaphorical; 2.) it’s the retirement funds of average people that suffer because those who make a living gambling on these stocks have a lot more flexibility to dance around changing market conditions (and take tax write offs if they do manage to lose money).

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      9 days ago
      1. The bloodbath is a single-digit percentage, leaving no room for hyperbolic descriptors of textbook stock market corrections.