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https://www.reuters.com/world/china-japan-south-korea-will-jointly-respond-us-tariffs-chinese-state-media-says-2025-03-31/
Bold added.....
BEIJING, March 31 (Reuters) - China, Japan and South Korea agreed to jointly respond to U.S. tariffs, a soci…
Why did you start another tariff thread on an investment forum?
This belongs in the Off Topic one. It's obviously a political one.
Can you show me the high correlation between this article and our portfolios?
Your "political" card has been used up…
Australia is not cheap, but at least the language is English.
About that visa for American retirees....hmmm......the options seem limited. A few of us might be begging for asylum at some point soon.
Per "Morning Brief" link posted by @Mark:
"Ambiguity is the No. 1 enemy of a market," former director of the National Economic Council and current IBM (IBM) vice chair Gary Cohn said on Opening Bid. "When a company creates ambiguity in their earnin…
Not necessarily related, but WTF was Vance's wife doing in Greenland?
She was initially going to watch a dog-sled race with one of her sons, per the White House.... but the Greenland protesters were prepared to give her quite the chilly reception. …
SILENCE! All of you. How dare you speak (indirectly) of the grand leader this way.
Keep this up and masked men will come to take you away in the night. We must censor any negative references towards the grand leader. Muzzle the dissenters.…
What's the tariff increase on stock and fund purchases that are not US companies only.
Let's not give the orange idiot any bright ideas.
It doesn't feel like a democracy when you have 1 psychopath calling all the shots and exhorting money from US …
Thought that his minions ("loyalist") might see the light over time, but now I suspect I was naive. His base is not interested in facts or reality.
Yes, this is all chilling.
"Unless we overthrow them in some way, we’re going to keep losing.'
They drink the punch and that will not change. He will maintain many of his cult followers no matter how bad it gets.
The markets haven't begun to really roll over just yet. Could be very rough seas ahead if we maintain this path.
There are some who believe it would be difficult to be that blind. Some believe he is trying to bring down the US economy and this entire country, and he is doing a swell job on that front.
"Howell's order is a notable instance of a federal judge vocally pushing back against attempts to discredit the federal judiciary, and comes as judges who have ruled against the Trump administration this year are confronting a wave of threats."
Goo…
I'll always remember Susan Collins for pretending she was surprised that Supreme Court justices Kavanaugh and Barrett, who said they would NEVER overturn Roe Wade during their approval hearings, went right ahead and overturned Roe Wade. Was she nai…
Throughout history ruling classes have done whatever it takes to create an underclass equivalent to financial slavery, to perform labor that is ruinous to health and long life. It is no coincidence that the Trump administration is intent upon chokin…
"Having a vehicle to go work while earning a living and feed your family is NOT an American Dream!" - Bessent. Yes, downgrade our lives, oh wise ones! And yet, we shall continue to blindly follow thee. We are not worthy.
Project 2025 runn…
Sadopolitics: Why MAGA clings tighter to Trump the more his policies hurt them
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/sadopolitics-why-maga-clings-tighter-to-trump-the-more-his-policies-hurt-them/ar-AA1BLd5w?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=96a759cae07f404883a…
"It's pretty easy to do. "
Not easy to stand by as a convict takes over your country, hires a cabinet of circus acts and drives your country face down into the dirt.
Wasn't the initial USPS hiring of DeJoy related to:
1) The GOP (and 1 Orange infant) failing to support the idea that all US voters should be able to easily cast their votes. Revenge for the loss to Biden.
2) Potentially poking holes in the votin…
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March 19 Flag
It's amazing how many people are so sure that stock decline is related to a prez they don't like.
But when the price goes up they forget it conviently.
You started it, skippy.
"The tragedy is that too many politicians and organizations are caving in without a fight, leading others to follow suit. With each surrender, Trump and his minions not only grow more emboldened but cement their hold on power by cracking down on all…
Latest headline from The Onion:
"Democrats Huddle To Decide How Best To Let Massive Republican Fuck-Up Slip Through Their Fingers"
Seems apt.
That party has really lost its way. Can't rely on Schumer, that's been proven.
Maybe Dump's clown posse can tag one of us into their next online chat, and we can all receive live updates as they plow through their genius-level thought processes.
Of course they are going to try to privatize the USPS. It's the revenge tour, …
About these clowns parading around on the hill.....the prank is on us. They are actually thieves masquerading as clowns!
It's more bank robber than carny. Robbing us of our Democracy.
We need a hero.
Maybe rono isn't the only one shorting TSLA....
https://www.thedailybeast.com/multiple-bombs-found-at-tesla-showroom-in-north-austin-texas/
Multiple Bombs Found at Tesla Showroom in Texas
SCARY
Nandika Chatterjee
Published 03.24.25 2:28PM EDT
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"If Trump can disappear them, he can disappear you."
It's like we as a country are drowning, and there are no lifeguards on duty to save us. The Dems are floundering and the system of checks and balances is failing to reign Orange in.
Its a spe…
News flash Hondo - there are many Trump haters in this country. And for good reason.
Deal with it.
P.S. Kind of arrogant to announce your vaunted "departure". But grandstanding is big in MAGA world, as is whining when others don't blindly follo…
Thus far, Tech has pulled back after a tremendous run-up. Not much else going on in equities.
Sentiment has been shifting and now we see how the markets digest a trade war.
Retail money is supposedly the "stupid" $$$, but Institutions aren't…
But exactly how do the courts punish the king if he simply ignores them?
He believes his status to be "above the law".
What Courts Can Do If the Trump Administration Defies Court Orders
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/what…
