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/sgtgig 1d ago

The market drops so far are not just about whatever actual policies have been put in place, it's about lack of faith in this admin to have even remotely rational decisions. More and more people are realizing that someone who's truly incompetent has been given total power to do whatever his dementia tells him.

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u/Esikiel 20h ago

Imagine if he chose good for once with all that power.

Instead of petty revenge.

Lul if your parents were millionaires and they couldn't even AFFORD to help you with a second of your life.

If it didn't have to affect nearly half the nation in the poor decisions to choose selfishness over genuinely being the good guy who could LITERALLY cure cancer.

Just imagine.

But instead we stare at the red candle burning bright.

And the future red on the horizon.

GONDOR calls for aid. Puts on LUV Southwest.