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Originally Posted by MargieRose
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Trump said the stock market had the worst first half of the year since 1872. The Dow was down 15% over that period. That is far from the worst. During the first months of Covid out dropped 27%. During the Great Recession the Dow Fell 37%. During the first Bush Recession the dropped 26%. Let’s not even talk about the Great Depression.
The fact is the Dow is nothing but smoke and mirrors propped up by stock buy backs and other shenanigans.