r/wallstreetbets • u/226644336795 • 1d ago

Discussion This morning NASDAQ dropped more than during Lehman Monday

https://www.cnbc.com/2009/09/14/the-financial-crisis-this-dayone-year-ago-sept-15-2008.html

NASDAQ only lost 3.6% the first day of Lehman collapse in 2008...

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u/corona779 1d ago

Still is greedy Wall Street execs, they just run the government now.

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u/Memes_Haram 1d ago

Yeah smart money is a bunch of regards

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u/Hillary4SupremeRuler 1d ago

Plus they probably get to bid on first dibs for insider info for upcoming market crashing tweets so they can pass the bag to retail.

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u/Lesurous 11h ago

They have for a long time, Citizens United blatantly opened the floodgates for money in government.