And as I keep saying, markets go up, markets go down, and not ALL stocks go up nor down when the market does.
I have, constantly written "paper profits", which disproves your claim that I don't understand anything. It is you who has a reading and writing problem!
And for those who shall be paying more in taxes, should Trump sign this POS thing, they aren't going to have much, if anything at all to invest with. Hell, they might just have to sell some investments because of their tax increase!
Most middle class people with money in the market have it in an Ira, 401k, Roth, or some similar investment. Only idiots put every penny they have in a taxable account.