Posted on 04/22/2025 8:53:25 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
Trump's tariff announcement introduced uncertainty to the markets. Leading to the worst April performance in a long long time for stocks. The media believe this is a threat to Trump's support, but is it?
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Republican in the White House?
Must be the worst economy since the Great Depression.
Tell the Feds to wake up or get a DOGE enema.
Garbage! over the last two years the markets are up over 30 to 40%. That is not sustainable, and they are way overdue for a correction.
pshaw, what about Freddie/Fannie?Fundamental change? Flatten the curve? For the greater good?
There is no way April, which is not over, has been anywhere near that historically.
Of course it will, if there’s no turnaround by the end of this year. People on fixed incomes with modest retirement funds are hating this and many will likely stay home in Nov. 26. I know I’ll get flamed for this by younger freepers, wealthier freepers, and those not on fixed income. Be my guest.
It already has.
Actually it has been, at least as where it stands today.. Could recover before the end of the month, but yes, it is right now.
I agree, those living off investments, directly or indirectly are the ones who get directly hurt when the market swings down.
If this trend continues for an extended time, there absolutely is a long term threat to Trump’s support, but if its a short term instability and stabilizes itself, I don’t see it being a large term issue in terms of Trump support.
Then they are stupid, short-sighted, and ignorant. And they deserve what comes of interrupting this progress. I’m in my seventies and I have a semi fixed income. Not a lot. I’m suffering too. I also know that if we don’t deal with this stuff my daughter will be living in poverty After I’m Gone.
It makes me wonder how many baby boomers give a crap about what they’re leaving behind.
The people who write these articles reference points in history. But that is akin to relating any “Friday” to “Good Friday” because they are both Fridays.
The stuff Trump is doing is going take a while to produce “results.”
The combination of DOGE efforts and the tariffs won’t be felt in the economy for months. Changes to the budget and the tax system won’t be felt for a year.
Having been a “Change Manager” for a good deal of my career its my feeling that we are very, very early in the process. Will it turn out perfect as Trump is predicting? Who knows. Looking at a single data point is useless.
I have no idea what you’re talking about. We had a crash in 2008 I believe?
Even after the recent stop, stock market is still MORE OVERVALUED as measured by Shiller Price to Earnings ratio, than at the Top of 1929 market, before it crashed. Bloated markets just need any pin prick.
The DJIA had a 4.5% growth in April of 2008.
I believe the voting public won't care about that.
I believe they will care about - "are me and my family" better off financially than we were in 2024?"
It's all about the economy.
I agree with you, that the media and the left are making “much ado about nothing” for the most part.
If the trending continues then yes, its a problem, but do I personally think 1 bad month correction is going to cost Trump support, No I don’t.
If it becomes a sustained trend, and lasts a long time, then it becomes an issue that could erode his support, but I don’t think the short term correction is going to be a major problem.
I’d honeslty be more worried about Gas prices if I was Trump than I would short term stock volativity and correction.
It’s been terrible. All of the new vehicles driving around town have to have paper plates attached to them. They’re everywhere! Hrumpf! Hrumpf!
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