President Trump's tariffs could hit the economy badly and lead to higher inflation. But Wall Street investors are reacting by sending stocks to record highs.
President Trump's tariffs could hit the economy badly and lead to higher inflation. But Wall Street investors are reacting by sending stocks to record highs.
Almost like the stock market is a bad indicator of the real economy that affects everyday people, and it's instead an indicator of how freely the wealthy can play with money.
seems bubblicious to me
😭😭😭😭 COULD…….😂😂😂😂
Denial
The notion of profit taking before the actual costs hit is raising stocks.
IE: Gas prices go up immediately if some sheik sneezes
Stocks are propped up and no longer responsive to reality, which is setting things up for a crash.
The proles always have to pay.
Inflation is the devaluation of the dollar in the market, stocks are a product like any other. So more inflation means higher prices, until there's a crash in the economy, or the market.
It's not puzzling whatsoever. Its "irrational exuberance" a la Greenspan.
guess who is getting richer?
The "stock market" averages 8%/year returns, meaning, you fucking halfwits, "Wall Street" hits record highs almost every year.
Not even going to go into the scam factor of our current market, let's just say the average p/e of US stocks compared to history and current worldwide counterparts is nuts
Tarriffs could make things cost more, but the things that investors buy now cost more.
The most plausible answer is the market collectively believes either the tariffs will be declared illegal & void, or TACO Trump will back down before they are implemented (at least fully). And may be waiting for the inflation poop to hit the fan a little harder.
A: it’s a melt up. Enjoy the ride, but don’t get too comfortable.
Irrational indifference.
There is no intersection where Wall Street and Main Street meet...what happens on Wall Street stays on Wall Street
Wall Street and Main Street reside on two different planets
Hoarding resources will only make them a greater target.
No mention at all about how the mass deportations will affect the economy??? A glaring hole in this article.
The NYSE is NOT the economy!
The ones who own the majority of stocks are playing with a stacked deck.
These planned tariffs may or may not happen. The actual plans aren’t shared with most taxpayers. Just the ones who have donated enough to Trump.
Wall Street investors know how this will end. The public will pay higher prices and businesses will make higher profits.
Stock prices are no longer closely connected with the earnings of the underlying business.
There is also a scarcity premium. There are only about 3,000 publicly traded companies in the U.S. and there are hundreds of millions of people who want to buy stock.
They know he will taco. Wall street is just ignoring trump totally right now.
Which may be dangerous.
Bubble
I have always felt the stock market was inflated falsely when the government wants to make the economy look good
Record High for DJIA was Dec. 3 2024. You remember, when Biden was president.
Because they are being manipulated (ie. huge corporate buybacks to enrich the rich). It's all a game.
Because the market thinks that 15% tariffs are so much better than 30%. But when the economic numbers (which are lagging) hit in the next few months, they'll start to change their tune and realize that a 15% tax on American goods isn't good at all...
Dear leader, why are so successful and popular?
Because a 1929-style crash is coming, and the hubris of every investor makes them believe they’ll sell at the highest and buy at the lowest after that.
Because Treasury is using taxpayer dollars to invest in the market at an unprecedented rate. Its market manipulation
Wall Street hasn't faced consequences for destroying the economy with dangerous bubbles.
Why would they now... I mean if they're smart they should realise they've now created a situation that could destroy America itself.
Can't get bailed out if no one can lend...
The assumption is we will continue to be dutiful consumers. When Sales it a late summer slump, these artificial gains will reverse themselves.
So the really rich pay no tax and they are killing off the rest of us that do pay tax so is that their end game? To kill off the majority of the population? That's where we are headed.
russian roulette? automated trading-a poison asp in itself.
Is already is.
Some Stocks. What is bad is He will change his mind just as we are all getting used to and ready for the set prices.
What’s good for the “markets” is often what is bad for American families. Corporate America hurts families more than most people know or understand.
#DNC
Wall Street is reacting to the BBB, reduced taxes, regulations, oversight and social responsibility.
Vote your best interests 2026!!!
Because it’s a fucking scam.
Pump and dump before the crash, imo. I have the same feeling now as I did in June of 2008.
Because wealthy people took their trillion dollar tax break and are slowly buying up every resource that used to be publicly owned.
Stocks are high, because we never put these losers in stocks the last time they crashed the global economy.
Stock market is nothing but a ponzi scheme waiting to bust & everyone thinks they'll get out before it blows. If only it was compartmentalized to only affect the rich assholes playing the game, but they'll take everyone & everything down with them.
The folks that can participate in these markets are not at all impacted by anything this president does. The regular guy, the paycheck-to-paycheck family, the single mother, the elderly, the disabled… these are the ones who will be harmed.
Gee……can’t figure this one out. It would never be to pull out a maximum profit right before the crash, would it? They would never do that 🙄
Insider information on the timing.
Saying prices haven't changed. Your right, but sizes have My toothpaste tube lost an ounce
I always say it's because the markets are stupid ...
Not my stock!! 🥴
Because Wall Street has finally caught on to the TACO theory. They know to invest when one of Trumps tariffs hits, knowing that when people complain that Trump will back down and remove or lower the tariff., then sell when the stock is high.
Buy now for a pre tarrif price and sell it later for 40% more cause of the tarrifs....oh and blame everybody but your own company or the US government 🤪
That's what capitalism is all about, making a profit every which way you can...
Such a disgusting President, @realDonaldTrump ....
Everyone's buying now in anticipation of (even) higher prices.
Record highs? They have not gone above what they were in November.......
They have faith in the new fascist capitalist political economic system that they are transitioning the United States too.
Because nobody actually believes that the administration will actually follow through w tariffs. Because they have backed off at every self Imposed deadline. Because they are terrified of the effects it would have on the market.
THE STOCK MARKET IS NOT AN ACCURATE INDICATOR OF ECONOMIC HEALTH!!!
Insider trading It’s not rocket science
It's a pump and dump
I don't know but buildings are way higher today than in 1929.
The wealthy are providing cover for trumps economic failures at their own expense for the tax cuts they’ll receive at our expense.
WallStreet isn't MainStreet. I'd sell it all, every last stock. When the crash comes and it's coming soon! You will be broke and the Oligarchs will just move money around. SELL IT!
