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DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)
Tue Nov 20, 2018, 10:58 AM Nov 2018

Trump killed the bull market that started under President Obama




New York (CNN Business)Morgan Stanley thinks the bull market is already over -- investors just don't realize it yet.

"We are in a bear market," Morgan Stanley equity strategist Michael Wilson declared in a report to clients on Monday.
Even though the American economy is strong, Wilson argued that the market is sniffing out a sharp deceleration in economic growth and a decline in corporate profits.
"While 2018 is clearly not a year of recession, the market is speaking loudly that bad news is coming," according to Wilson, who has been skeptical about the market for months.

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40% of S&P 500 is already in a bear market
Despite the recent turbulence, the longest bull market in American history is still intact. The S&P 500 is trading about 9% below the record high it notched in late September. It would have to decline 20% from that all-time high to officially qualify for bear market status.
But under the hood, the bull market looks under siege. Morgan Stanley noted that more than 40% of the S&P 500 stocks are down at least 20%.

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https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/19/investing/stocks-bear-market-morgan-stanley/index.html
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Trump killed the bull market that started under President Obama (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2018 OP
I think a lot of it is that people are fearful of an spooky3 Nov 2018 #1
Bull market, not killed yet, is only bleeding so far empedocles Nov 2018 #2
His tax rates went into effect January 2nd of 2018 Johnny2X2X Nov 2018 #3

Johnny2X2X

(19,001 posts)
3. His tax rates went into effect January 2nd of 2018
Tue Nov 20, 2018, 11:28 AM
Nov 2018

The market is down since Trump's tax rates went into effect. The ones he claimed would "put the markets into overdrive."

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