Stock Market Tanking

[GMDino]

(12-19-2018, 01:07 PM)michaelsean Wrote: There are ways to invest that will produce positive results over a long term, but the people out there shouting the sky is falling or you're going to make a ton are guessing.  I thought this recent downturn was because people were saying there could be a recession next year.

There are a multitude of legitimate reasons for the ups and downs and volatility of the market.  And the are plenty of non-legitimate reasons that get bandied about.

Big reason why I don't want social security funds placed in the hands of the traders.  But I digress...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/12/19/trump-celebrated-dow-year-one-promising-better-it-got-much-worse/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.e7d4e4f457e2

Second worst second year of a presidency since GW in 2002.

Lot's of reasons, and I do not praise or blame the POTUS for most of them.  But his recklessness is making traders nervous rather than being a steadying influence and that is not helping.