John_F Loc: Minneapolis, MN

The factors that affect the trading markets are many and conplicated. Those that affect sector A might be non-starters for sector B. Gov't shutdown example: farmers are facing absence of funds & programs which affects crop planting and later harvesting then companies like Cargill. This spells uncertainty and investors are doing a 'dance' to find profitability. Yes, a President a Congress both play a role the most important of which would be 'uncertainty.' Of course, there are always the 'nervous nellies.'

dirtpusher Loc: tulsa oklahoma

Lord help us all if your are the perfect Xample

dirtpusher Loc: tulsa oklahoma

He h**es to admit that. Xample apple misreported loss of 450 billion

LWW Loc: Banana Republic of America

So you don’t have a case.

lenben Loc: Seattle

Note that historically, the market follows the policies of the outgoing President (in this case Obama) for roughly two years. Trump of course takes credit for this in his tweets. After about two years, the new president (Trump) then receives the blame. Check out the market now that in fact Trump is responsible.

dirtpusher Loc: tulsa oklahoma

Amen

An all his stable genius

Twardlow Loc: Arkansas

Just because A is followed by B doesn’t mean B caused A.

Saying that the “e******n” resulted in something proposes a cause and effect you have failed to establish.

LWW Loc: Banana Republic of America

So why did y’all obediently blame Bush for everything?

LWW Loc: Banana Republic of America

I wish you followed your own advice.

Twardlow Loc: Arkansas

What advice is that? I offered no advice.

dirtpusher Loc: tulsa oklahoma

Lol wow. In 2006 start of recession who was in charge. Dang do you even think. Lol

Who was in charge2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Ask your granny with your imatation thinkin

Pegasus Loc: Texas Gulf Coast

In the annals of ignorant statements, this one stands as the poster child of ignorant statements.

It is so wrong, on so many levels, I'm struggling to choose where to start. Here goes.

The stock market is ALWAYS looking AHEAD. ALWAYS. It's all about figuring what's going to happen and how to profit from it, or minimize losses. Lenben probably drives a car only looking in the rearview mirror.

Wall Street is always looking forward and that's why it was so funny when the NYT moron Paul Krugman, in the early morning hours of November 9, 2016, made this prediction: "It really does now look like President Donald J. Trump, and markets are plunging. When might we expect them to recover?...If the question is when markets will recover, a first-pass answer is never." He was proven wrong, once again, within a few hours.

Markets are always looking 6 months or more ahead. This is why we have Down Jones Futures, and no Dow Jones Past.

The stock market reacted to the takeover of the House by the Dims, by plunging. The stock market knows that the Dims will try their utmost to sabotage the economy and cause a recession or worse; it's what Dims do because they h**e America and they h**e Trump.

The stock market also did not like the rate hikes from the Fed and that's why Jerome Powell is being called various unflattering names. He has tried to explain why he's doing that by saying that the Trump economy is too strong and needs to be tempered. Way to go Jerome; eliminate $5 trillion in valuation and tank everyone's 401K, just as we were coming out of the 0bama recession.

lenben Loc: Seattle

Obama inherited a big recession, turned it around and Trump took over a market already rising. He has been in long enough for his policies to affect the market (takes usually 1.5 to 2 years) and look what is happening.

Texcaster Loc: Queensland

Well, at least the wall distraction is working out just swell for him.

dirtpusher Loc: tulsa oklahoma

Yup you at the top of those anals an lying almost as much as spurs