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Re:Trump temporarily drops tariffs to 10% for most countries by permo-w on Wednesday April 09, 2025 @05:29PM (#43638220)
has no one considered that it could be simple market manipulation? have Trump's friends and allies been buying stocks in the last week or so?
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Re:Trump temporarily drops tariffs to 10% for most countries by boyanlevchev on Wednesday April 09, 2025 @05:49PM (#43638398)
Did you see this? Unusually good timing… https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-08/gutsy-tra...
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Re:Trump temporarily drops tariffs to 10% for most countries by permo-w on Wednesday April 09, 2025 @06:39PM (#43638787)
to be fair, I also made quite a lot of profit in stocks in the last few days without any inside knowledge of the whitehouse. it was a fairly safe bet that these tariffs were not going to last forever, and even if they were, there'd be reprieves
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Re:Trump temporarily drops tariffs to 10% for most countries by margana on Wednesday April 09, 2025 @06:10PM (#43638590)
Why not both?
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Re:Trump temporarily drops tariffs to 10% for most countries by arandomusername on Wednesday April 09, 2025 @08:50PM (#43639558)
Easier to just promote a shitcoin like he did already.
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