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Economy

at140

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17. Actually you are PROFOUNDLY correct.

Reply to Shemp Howard (Reply #14)

Wed Apr 29, 2020, 02:32 PM

Apr 2020

The artificially low interest rates created by FED by printing Trillions of "electronic" money,
is the real reason stock markets and other hard assets such as housing are in a bubble.

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DOW is up 610 points ? Why?? [View all] at140 Apr 2020 OP

Cheap stocks? wryter2000 Apr 2020 #1

May be a long time before the real economy comes close to the January 2020 economy empedocles Apr 2020 #3

+100 at140 Apr 2020 #7

Okay, I'm no expert, obviously wryter2000 Apr 2020 #11

Usually market is looking forward about 6 months at140 Apr 2020 #16

Stocks were 35% cheaper just a couple of months ago! at140 Apr 2020 #6

As I said, I'm no expert :) wryter2000 Apr 2020 #12

Optimism about the news of good results pnwest Apr 2020 #2

Greed Over People. What's that spell? Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2020 #4

Oxford vaccine early results (in primates, not people) lapfog_1 Apr 2020 #5

Owners will profit while workers die and they approve that message. n.t. lark Apr 2020 #8

Emotion fuels the Dow, as much as anything else dlk Apr 2020 #9

Most of them got money from the stimulus. So they have some slush funds to play with. Tech Apr 2020 #10

The one percent need to transition out to cash (and gold) in an orderly fashion. Frasier Balzov Apr 2020 #13

There is no where else to go. Shemp Howard Apr 2020 #14

Actually you are PROFOUNDLY correct. at140 Apr 2020 #17

From a different perspective than 'return on investment'. Popular Depression comedian empedocles Apr 2020 #18

What bank is paying just 0.10% on CD's? My credit union, which definitely doesn't progree Apr 2020 #24

Vaccine and Remdesivir possible good news. mn9driver Apr 2020 #15

giant corporations are doing quite well, eating up what remains of smaller companies Voltaire2 Apr 2020 #19

Good news about how the bailouts will go to the "right people." Warpy Apr 2020 #20

The misconception of a high valued stock market BillyBobBrilliant Apr 2020 #21

Some people are pumping it up for trump duforsure Apr 2020 #22

The Federal Reserve (a private corporation) in charge of our money supply xyoungblood Apr 2020 #23

Why the FED has so much power? at140 Apr 2020 #25

What stocks is the Fed buying? I haven't heard of this progree Apr 2020 #26