I don’t know what the answer is but me losing thousands every hour has the sucks written all over it.

I hope you’re right for all our sakes.

Just got a email from Fidelity , ain't that something . Bread and water

I am not doing well in this climate and I doubt most Americans are. 2024 was the worst year in my entire work history BUT I know/believe that we cannot just continuously go on like we have for the last 20-30 years. Someone has to take bold action before it is too late. The way I look at it, this was coming now or worse later. All I can do is pray and hope we elected the right man to put us on a sustainable course for a better future.

hardly a crash

sorry about 2024

i do not have a good feeling about this at all
i truly believe he is playing a game with Americans, his track record is not good at all

Which track record are you speaking of??? The one where he had one, if not the best economies in history paired with one of the best stock market periods in recent memory? That track record?

I’m willing to give the man a chance to right the ship. One thing for sure…the path we were on was leading to the self destruction of this nation.

You should embrace all the winning.

it does no good to point out facts to you ^

I would absolutely love to have “facts” pointed out to me. Something, anything other than hyperbole and the usual “he’s a racist, Nazi, Hitler, threat to democracy, misogynist, rapist, etc nonsense that bears no factual evidence whatsoever.

Agreed. S&P is down 4.84% today. Not good, but far from the 20% we experienced in 1987, 2007-8, and 2020 (covid). I hope this thing bottoms quickly. As a side note, all the referenced rebounded in a relatively short time. 1929 was bad for a long time (through the 1930's) and really took a world war to get us out of it.

Because we consume so much imported product, I agree with what we are being told, other countries will not have the staying power to sweat this out for long and most of these tariffs will be renegotiated relatively quickly. If not, US companies will begin to ramp up domestic production as time goes on. This will take some time but I can't help but look at history. When Pearl Harbor was attacked, it wasn't long (maybe 18 to 24 months) and we were producing more war products than any other country in the world.

The US economy is unbelievably resilient. Look at all the boneheaded decisions we survived the last 20 years with over spending, over regulation, and over taxation. I always thought the economy would have cratered years ago and we still grew.

Either way this goes, something had to be done sooner or later to try and right the ship.

thats not my list
but thanks for pointing all that out

You’re an idiot.

I agree, there will be pain, but in the long run this will be beneficial. To continue on the path we were on is crazy, change had to happen.

There was no chance for a soft landing from last administrations harm to the economy. Rip off the bandaid and let's move on.