This is a bloodbath - 1,935.35 - update −2,016.06

[malaise]

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Damn

[Walleye]

1. Giving me a stomachache

[Irish_Dem]

2. Are we all broke now?

[roamer65]

45. I'm making money.

Treasury bonds, baby!!!

[Irish_Dem]

49. If Trump finds out you are happy, he will come after you.

[roamer65]

61. Grrrrr....angry!

[Irish_Dem]

62. That's much better.

[Prof. Toru Tanaka]

74. Same here.

I went 100% treasuries when I was preparing for retirement in 2023 on my TSP account. I didn’t want to take gambles on the stock market at that point and with Numbnutz Krasnov driving the market into the shitter, I’m comfortable with my decision.

[roamer65]

88. Smart decision.

[homegirl]

54. iSN'T THE SEC SUPPOSED TO

shut down the Stock Exchange when it drops FIVE PERCENT in a day?

[Irish_Dem]

55. King Donald has not given them permission to shut down?

[EdmondDantes_]

69. It's a pause in trading not a full shutdown unless it's 20%

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/circuitbreaker.asp

[Bengus81]

77. 7% 13% 20% the way I read it

[Bernardo de La Paz]

3. The Dow is not the market. It is a 1896 adding machine price-weighted index of 30 stocks. Ditch the Dow, use SP500. . nt

[W_HAMILTON]

5. The Dow, S&P 500, NASDAQ -- all are fucked. Focus on that.

[DENVERPOPS]

18. Putin is Ecstatic

The farmers are just beginning to get royally freaked out........Major FAFO............none of them wondering deep down why they voted for Trump and all the other RepubliCON Politicians that promoted Trump and enabled him to carry out this Tragedy......

The RepubliCONS in the House and Senate, as well as the USSC members are so ignorant, they don't realize there is no need for a Legislative Branch or Judicial Branch in a tyranny, and they ALL will be kicked to the curb shortly, like everyone else in Trump world, his ENTIRE life............All of them should have noticed that his voters have all been thrown under the bus already....they have fulfilled their usefulness this one last time for electing Trump again.......They are no longer needed by the Republican Party......and just starting to figure it out.............All Rural Red Trumphumping Farmers are totally freaking out today..........and they should be.........

[Cirsium]

59. Farmers don't matter

Farmers are not a significant voting bloc and are no more or less likely to vote Republican than any other group of business owners. I every farmers started voting Democratic it wouldn't change the results of elections, even in rural districts. Here, in a very conservative farming area there are about 300 growers - farm owners - and 40-45% of them vote Democratic. Yet Trump got over 10,000 votes here.

It is the eaters that will suffer when farms are hurt and Trump will bail out the big farm owners, especially the large grain operations, the cattle ranchers, and the meat packing industry.

Trump and the Republicans are expert at invoking rugged individualist imagery, Hollywood stereotypes that resonate with people - cowboys, ranchers, farmers, miners, lumberjacks; Reagan on horseback, Bush with his fake ranch, Trump with his he-man collectibles. But we shouldn't buy into that propaganda and think that those represent significant voting blocs. They represent Walter Mitty fantasy voting blocs.

Trump makes people think they are somehow associated with heroic stereotypes when they go with him. It is all a bunch of nonsense.

[wolfie001]

73. Remember Wonder bread bags Joni Ernst?

What a clown creep. Eff her AND her Wonder bread bags.

[stollen]

65. But, Biden's age!

I made $200,000 in the market during Biden's last yr. *poof*

Little Marco fuck-face tells me I'm supposed to be happy. This is for the good of the country. I flation is now good. Recession is now good.

I got on a fb page of a friend with 350 friends, several whom I know to be wingnuts and with TSPs. I said that those who'd voted for Trump had created this debacle. Now FIX IT!

Nobody responded.

[vapor2]

90. And did you hear where fuckface Vance told us we need to suck up the tariff crisis?

REALLY ??? Such boorish words

[stollen]

92. I hadn't heard

I'm on an extended vacation from fascism. But thanks for the update.

[Ocelot II]

10. S&P is down almost 5%.

[spooky3]

14. Dow and S&P performance is highly correlated over time. Nt

[mnhtnbb]

27. The percentage loss of the Dow is actually

Slightly less today than the SP500.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

4. Nasdaq Composite and the Russel 2000 are in bear market territory. Pundits are calling it tRump "self-harming" USA. nt

[W_HAMILTON]

6. Putin himself couldn't have done more damage than his Russian puppet is doing to us right now.

[erronis]

30. They are linked at the hip - or perhaps other body parts.

[malaise]

78. Wow −2,236.11

Enjoy your weekend Slobby

[sinkingfeeling]

7. Has lost almost 7000 points since Biden's record high.

December 2024.

[hatrack]

8. Russell 2000 is probably a better indicator (it's also bleeding out today, in case you were wondering)

https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/index/rut

[TomSlick]

9. I'm astounded that GOP legislators aren't coming unglued.

They have to be feeling the heat from back home.

[Captain Zero]

32. Their bribes and kickbacks are GREAT.

No need for them to complain.

[erronis]

33. Apparently they don't take calls or give town halls. Emails go to the circular file.

[TomSlick]

89. That's political malpractice.

If a pissed-off constituent can't get a call through, they will become more pissed-off. No matter how red the district, pissed-off constituents are dangerous. If nothing else, a primary opponent is possible.

[hamsterjill]

37. They're all buying stock. For little to nothing.

That's the whole plan. Rocking the markets benefits the wealthy who have cash on hand. Screws ordinary people who live paycheck to paycheck.

Fuck every idiot MAGA that voted for Trump because they were too stupid to listen to the rest of us.

[jmowreader]

83. This is not the time to go long

This is the time to short the living fuck out of the market.

[Pacifist Patriot]

53. My husband was just saying the same thing.

We really don't understand the lack of proverbial pitchforks.

It would be useless to apply pressure to my GOP legislators. They are so far up the Trump backside, they see with orange eyeballs. And the thought of a democrat being elected around here is about as likely as the manufacturing on Heard Island to kick into high gear. But surely some swingier districts must be feeling the heat.

[zorbasd]

57. Only when the retirement fund of the serfs disappear

and come after them in the halls of congress with pitch forks, then they will realize....

[TheBadWolf]

72. They probably already have their bug-out countries and accommodations set up. n/t

[jmbar2]

11. I'm waiting for the "everyone back in the pool" tweet

The short squeeze is going to be epic.

[kentuck]

12. And there seems to always be a bigger sell-off closer to closing time?

This is not good!

[Frasier Balzov]

58. On a Friday when there's two days off to worry.

[Arazi]

13. Getting close to circuit breaker time

[obamanut2012]

17. I was thinking that, too -- is it 6%?

[Arazi]

20. 7% of the previous days close

Level 1 (7% decline): Halts trading for 15 minutes.
Level 2 (13% decline): Halts trading for 15 minutes.
Level 3 (20% decline): Halts trading for the remainder of the trading day.

[obamanut2012]

84. Thank you! I couldn't remember

[kentuck]

15. This is the worst it has been since the last time he helped to crash the market...

During the Covid pandemic.

[krkaufman]

60. From Colbert's Thursday night monologue...

"Worst day for our economy since COVID. Just a little reminder ... This time, HE's the disease."

[CoopersDad]

16. So much winning.

Make it stop.

[IronLionZion]

19. Sharks love blood

Trump insiders are trading based on his idiotic policies. Somebody is getting wealthy from this while everyone else loses.

[erronis]

34. Lots of insider trading. If we had any regulatory agencies they'd be looking at the longs/shorts.

Wonder why they were knee-capped?

[IronLionZion]

41. Musk will just fire all of them

[Captain Zero]

35. He said "we're all gonna be rich!"

I doubt you and me we included in HIS "we".

[Pacifist Patriot]

21. I can tell that my 401(k) managers are trying to do everything they can to protect against major losses.

The change in investment strategy is obvious. I still lost 3% of my retirement funding overnight. Single digit loss may not seem like much to some folks, but in one day? Yes. This is a bloodbath.

I have been desperately trying to get my house market ready to sell so I can flee Florida. I think I've lost the window and there is no way I am going to be able to relocate to Virginia before everything crashes. Call me Chicken Little, but I don't see a good end in sight here. No reason to believe the administrations mismanagement (stupidity and cruelty) is going to abate any time soon.

[malaise]

22. 1,961.16

and falling

[Pacifist Patriot]

25. I'm not sure there is much of a bottom. I have been expecting the worst since 4:00 a.m. on November 06, 2024.

[underpants]

26. 1,965.10

[CanonRay]

28. Now down nearly 2100.

-2092.32

[LymphocyteLover]

23. Sorry and good luck!

[FloridaBlues]

40. The over built housing market here in Fl will stop. My house on market here past 35 days .

I have to still hope for the best on selling. Don’t have an option right now.
Good luck to you!

[Pacifist Patriot]

50. Good luck to you!

[mnhtnbb]

24. Losses verge on $10 Trillion since Inauguration

of the orange a$$hole. Largest two day wipeout in history, says MarketWatch

https://www.marketwatch.com/

[Ping Tung]

29. Not to worry. The financial prince of darkness knows how to handle bankruptcies........from experience.

He'll conquer Canada, Greenland, Panama, Haiti, Venezuela, and Hollywood
and then sell them to his pal Putin for $1 trillion each

[mikelewis]

31. But don't worry... when it comes back up 1200 points he will claim a 1200 point victory!!

In 4 or 5 months... Smart... And Fox will pat him on the back.

[flashman13]

36. Often the markets rally (at least gets less bad) at the end of the day.

I expect it just to get worse today. Trump has undermined confidence and sown doubt. No reason to think we are approaching the bottom of this crash. Monday morning will tell the tale.

[flashman13]

39. BTW If you hear people saying, "Buy the dip", run for the exits.

[roamer65]

44. My powder is sitting dry for the usual recessionary 50 pct correction.

[mnhtnbb]

47. Individual investors put $4.7 Billion

into stocks yesterday, buying the dip.
Again, MarketWatch headline.
https://www.marketwatch.com/

[Arazi]

85. Fools..

[littlemissmartypants]

48. "Don't try to catch a falling knife."

[gab13by13]

38. I saw a bumper sticker yesterday

"Are We Great Yet"

[IronLionZion]

42. Are we sick of winning yet?

[roamer65]

43. I'm doing well in Treasuries.

I knew this Trumpcession was coming.

[SunSeeker]

66. I got out of stocks in January and only bonds & cash in my 401k now. But we are still getting hurt.

Sure, we are better off than folks holding Nvidia and Apple. But nobody is escaping untouched from the building shitstorm.

[roamer65]

68. Cash is king right now.

So is gold, because it is easily convertible.

[westen]

46. It's Friday

The market always sells off Friday afternoon so bleeding won't stop.

[SheltieLover]

52. Not an excuse for what tsf has done

[obamanut2012]

64. Oh please, just stop

You know that isn't what this is.

Welcome to DU.

[Xipe Totec]

51. I feel liberated from the burden of having all that money invested

Now I understand what Trump is liberating; our wallets.

[ImNotGod]

56. OMG! Now Down 85000 in tRumpcoin!

[Wiz Imp]

63. As of this moment, the S&P 500 is down over 5%

That's after yesterday's drop of 4.84%. So about a 10% drop in the span of 2 days.

[Demovictory9]

67. Wow

[MayReasonRule]

70. Further Cuts Have Been Made... Further Cuts WILL Be Made...

[OverBurn]

71. I was afraid to look at my accounts today, I did anyway. I've lost over 250K since the traitor took over.

Trump is the biggest traitor in American history. He is bought, paid for and solely owned by Putin. Only way to explain all the stuff he's doing. He's destroying us from within.

[mnhtnbb]

79. Ouch!

I've been watching this last hour. I've lost--in two days-- the equivalent of what I receive in net Social Security benefits for a year. Two days.

[Prairie Gates]

75. -2200

[mnhtnbb]

76. Looks like it will close at its low for the day.

[Prairie Gates]

80. Jesus Trump's an idiot

I though S&P was going to really test 5000 before the close.

[mnhtnbb]

81. DOW had a dead cat bounce.

[obamanut2012]

82. My parents are freaking out -- this has wiped out a huge chunk of their retirement accounts

They are almost 80.

I don't even want to know what is happening to my pension investments.

[surfered]

86. DOW down 15% from its high in January.

The Stable Genius did file for bankruptcy 6 times.

[Wiz Imp]

87. S&P 500 closes down 5.97% (after a -4.84% drop yesterday)

Point drop was -322.44 which is the 2nd largest single day point drop ever. Biggest drop was -324.89 on 3-16-20. Yesterday's drop is now the third biggest single day drop.

S&P 500 is down 14.0% since the beginning of 2025
S&P 500 is down 15.6% since Trump's inauguration.
S&P 500 is down 17.4% since its peak in mid February
S&P 500 is down 10.5% in just the past 2 days