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Re:Trump temporarily drops tariffs to 10% for most countries by misantroop on Wednesday April 09, 2025 @04:28PM (#43637533)
This is pure manipulation. It was engineered to just that from the start. Since it's America, no investigation will be done to look into who profited here - possibly billions off regular people who had margin calls. 3rd world country.
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Re:Trump temporarily drops tariffs to 10% for most countries by stouset on Wednesday April 09, 2025 @05:00PM (#43637931)
> billions off regular people who had margin calls

Thanks, Robinhood!

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Re:Trump temporarily drops tariffs to 10% for most countries by 2OEH8eoCRo0 on Wednesday April 09, 2025 @06:04PM (#43638544)
I like the ironic name. Robinhood is where the poor go to send their money to the rich.
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Re:Trump temporarily drops tariffs to 10% for most countries by lotsofpulp on Thursday April 10, 2025 @07:22AM (#43642775)
> possibly billions off regular people who had margin calls.

Regular people have no business gambling with levered bets on publicly traded equities. Those losses are their own fault, and they should sell gambling treatment.

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