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Re:Why is the stock market rallying when the economy is so bad? by rootusrootus on Sunday May 10, 2020 @03:24PM (#23135331)
The US has certainly endured worse in the past and came through strongly. Neither the coronavirus nor Trump are anywhere close to an existential threat for this country.
Re:Why is the stock market rallying when the economy is so bad? by davidw on Sunday May 10, 2020 @09:04PM (#23137872)
You're probably correct, but past perfomance is no guarantee of future resuls, and, more importantly, while the country may have 'come through' events like the civil war, the death toll was ghastly. All things considered, being anywhere near its path was a really bad idea.