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A financial scandal in real time that has eluded the attention of MSM (Original Post) Grasswire2 Aug 2020 OP
No wonder why the stock market has stayed high... DSandra Aug 2020 #1
using taxpayer $$ to juice the market Grasswire2 Aug 2020 #2
They buy the Dow and Nasdaq stocks everyday and then sell them the next. kimbutgar Aug 2020 #3
it's a casino and disgusting to watch Grasswire2 Aug 2020 #4
The class of "unicorn" companies is a whole bunch of highly valued companies... DSandra Aug 2020 #5
All we need is a dragon who poops gold, instead we got a unicorn who poops icecream. cayugafalls Aug 2020 #6

DSandra

(999 posts)
1. No wonder why the stock market has stayed high...
Sun Aug 2, 2020, 07:08 PM
Aug 2020

And obviously they are bailing the big corporations out who borrowed heavily within the last decade...

kimbutgar

(21,144 posts)
3. They buy the Dow and Nasdaq stocks everyday and then sell them the next.
Sun Aug 2, 2020, 07:14 PM
Aug 2020

It is so obvious they are manipulating the market. I worked in the stock market industry from 1978 to 2013 and was there for the crash of 1987 and 2008. This market is so illogical in its trends you can tell it’s being manipulated and propped up. Several big companies are going out business, Millions unemployed, people have little money to buy good and services of companies listed in the indexes but the market is strong, Come on!

DSandra

(999 posts)
5. The class of "unicorn" companies is a whole bunch of highly valued companies...
Sun Aug 2, 2020, 07:28 PM
Aug 2020

Based on nothing more than the desire for investors to own a market of the future. M

American Capitalism is such BS, it’s capitalizing the gains, socializing the losses, and manipulating the stock market. MANY big corporations during the past decade were buying back their own stocks in order to enhance stock prices, so the executives would cash out.

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