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The World’s Biggest Investors Have Lost $436 Billion In 2018
Safehaven.com ^ | 03-26-2018 | Charles

Posted on 03/26/2018 4:56:00 PM PDT by bananaman22

Wall Street is shocked, but it shouldn’t be: Tariffs targeting China should have been a given, and now the market’s tanking on trade war fears as if it just crept up on everyone, but Trump’s been very clear on this.

Wall Street is known for being short-sighted, though, and allowing itself to get caught up in the euphoria of the day. And now the world’s biggest investors are losing hundreds of billions.

(Excerpt) Read more at safehaven.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: billionaires; facebook; investors; stockmarket; zuckerberg
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To: rollo tomasi

It is just the opposite. There are not enough paper assets (money) to buy real assets (companies).


21 posted on 03/26/2018 6:52:04 PM PDT by proxy_user
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To: bananaman22

I’m up 10% in 2018.

Too bad for the amateurs....


22 posted on 03/26/2018 8:37:20 PM PDT by G Larry (There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
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To: bananaman22

Oh, what a difference a day can make!


23 posted on 03/26/2018 8:40:23 PM PDT by House Atreides (BOYCOTT the NFL, its products and players 100% - PERMANENTLY)
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To: bananaman22

So what?? They probably made $2.5 Trillion in 2017


24 posted on 03/26/2018 9:37:12 PM PDT by Oscar in Batangas (12:01 PM 1/20/2017...The end of an error.)
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To: proxy_user

Never said that; we have more debt/IOUs/T-bonds/bank credits/interests owed than currency. The moment we release currency or sell off assets into “the wild” inflation will explode, in our amount, Weimar levels. Our economy, like stocks representing real value, is based on paper IOUs/promises in the face of principle value combined with interest “owed”. System provides a lot of growth potential in a short amount of time, however, becomes very fragile/turbulent if not controlled.


25 posted on 03/27/2018 2:52:04 AM PDT by rollo tomasi (Working hard to pay for deadbeats and corrupt politicians.)
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To: bananaman22

The market rallied over 660 points yesterday after this article was posted in the morning. Talk about bad timing.


26 posted on 03/27/2018 4:03:54 AM PDT by WashingtonSource
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