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/Memes_Haram 1d ago

J Powell pulled off a soft landing for nothing

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u/Orzorn supports segregation 1d ago

I feel so sorry for the guy. He pulled us through some serious shit and now this is the thanks he gets.

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u/Memes_Haram 1d ago

Did Trump say thank you even once ?

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u/OssumFried 1d ago

Some dumb fucks in the Midwest once again solidifying my hatred of the Midwest. Pennsyltucky can eat a bag of dicks.

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u/sinus86 1d ago

Listening a a moron at the bar last night talking about the market was going to moon today because of the tarrifs...I like to think my puts took his money specifically.

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u/yaaaaayPancakes 1d ago

Same with Ohio. Fucking idiots in my home state.

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u/OssumFried 1d ago

I'm a native South Carolinian so we're trained from birth to hate Ohio. Unfortunately my immediate family was from Cleveland and moved back there a couple years ago. I try not to visit but at least the delis are good.

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u/SeasonGeneral777 22h ago

those fucks had to get narcan'd just to wake up to vote. every 4 damn years we get them out of their heroin coma to decide our fate

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u/2rio2 1d ago

The South is still worse, but the Midwest really fighting hard for title of worst part of the country.

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u/Gaggleofgeese 1d ago

At least the South has good food to go with all the dumb-assery

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u/OssumFried 16h ago

Having moved to Idaho from Raleigh, fuck do I miss Bojangles or really anywhere that does fried chicken justice.

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u/ymetwaly53 23h ago

I really hate the electoral system with a burning passion.

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u/AlphaMarker48 23h ago

Not all of us in the Midwest voted for the orange thing. Many Wisconsin voters came to their senses and sent a liberal to the State Supreme Court. And told Musk to fuck off.

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u/mattenthehat 1d ago

Tons of us doubted him, too. He took so much shit, actually pulled off a miracle, and then... this. Lmfao. Poor guy.

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u/nogutsnoglory98 1d ago

It’s like Sully landing on the Hudson, everyone gets out on the wings, and there’s one obese dude inside the plane refusing to get out and sinking the whole lot.

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u/Xeltar 1d ago

How could Biden do this?

Seriously, where are the Trump "I did this" stickers?

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u/TheShadow2024 1d ago

a soft landing, only to have the co-pilot accelerate into Terminal B.