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Re:U.S. Economy Contracts at 0.3% Rate in First Quarter by rtkwe on Wednesday April 30, 2025 @10:08AM (#43845487)
It's wild to me how much the markets recovered with every little pause or extension. To me it feels like they're wildly optimistic that he'll back away from the cliff but I have strong doubts.
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Re:U.S. Economy Contracts at 0.3% Rate in First Quarter by tbirdny on Wednesday April 30, 2025 @10:45AM (#43845988)
The jumps are short squeezes. You get the biggest up days in a bear market. When everyone is shorting and buying puts, if it starts going up a little bit, many of them cover, and to cover they have to buy, so it goes up.
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Re:U.S. Economy Contracts at 0.3% Rate in First Quarter by ManlyBread on Wednesday April 30, 2025 @10:46AM (#43846010)
I wonder how much algorithmic trading affects this and whether these changes are just results of certain headlines being interpreted by some computer programs.
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