Mini-editorial: Stock-market swings aren't all about the coronavirus

[AlwaysWrite]

In recent weeks, the stock market has swung wildly -- up and down, but mostly down -- and it's attributed to investors' concerns about the coronavirus.

However, there's really no rationale for swings that bring a rise of more than 1,000 points in the Dow-Jones numbers, followed the very next day by a drop of more than 1,000. Investors aren't likely to wake up one morning with massive fears regarding the coronavirus, and the next day with all such fears evaporated.

The lamestream media will never report or investigate it, but is there any doubt that big-money investors are taking full advantage of the situation, making huge sales and then re-investing big-time in ways that smaller investors aren't able -- or knowledgeable enough -- to do?

It's just not logical that so many big-money investors just happen to get together on a given day to go on a massive buying spree, then amazingly decide to engage in massive sell-offs the next day.

It's not just the coronavirus that's in play here. It's manipulative greed, taking advantage of the situation and aided by "insider trading."

 

[AlwaysWrite]

… and by the way, have you noticed how the fake-news lamestream media is ultra-eager to play up the stock market struggles in recent weeks, in contrast to the way they totally ignored market data when it was reaching repeated all-time highs until a few weeks ago?

 

[Greg T.]

Yeah, I noticed that the last couple of days. When there's a drop they're all over it like flies on shit. But when it jumps all you hear about is the fake pandemic. I wish I had the patience to sit here and trade all day. I could have made some good change the last couple of weeks. I don't have the attention span anymore. Hopefully, it rebounds quickly as I am losing some bank!

 

[AlwaysWrite]

Yeah, I noticed that the last couple of days. When there's a drop they're all over it like flies on shit. But when it jumps all you hear about is the fake pandemic. I wish I had the patience to sit here and trade all day. I could have made some good change the last couple of weeks. I don't have the attention span anymore. Hopefully, it rebounds quickly as I am losing some bank!

Dear Greg T:

It won't work quite as good for you as it does for the big bankers and big investors who have inside information that you don't have access to. Plus, they can "band up" and know which days provide the time to buy and which days to sell.

 

[AlwaysWrite]

… and meanwhile, the "little guy" takes it in the (you know what)!

 

[AlwaysWrite]

Think about it. There was a huge stock market selloff Monday and another today, but there was a huge market rally yesterday.

Does anyone really think that people were overly concerned about the coronavirus Monday and today, but they had no worries about it yesterday?

There's no other answer except… A number of huge investors know which days to buy and which days to sell, and they are getting filthy rich while most Americans are -- or will be -- feeling a financial pinch.

 

[Greg T.]

Yeah, all you can do at home is buy the valley and sell the peaks.

 

[Djarum300]

Has anything about the stock market been rational? It's legal gambling, and just like gambling, emotions and irrational decisions are made over logical ones.

 

[Djarum300]

Yeah, I noticed that the last couple of days. When there's a drop they're all over it like flies on shit. But when it jumps all you hear about is the fake pandemic. I wish I had the patience to sit here and trade all day. I could have made some good change the last couple of weeks. I don't have the attention span anymore. Hopefully, it rebounds quickly as I am losing some bank!

Lucky I've got a few more decades.

I know a guy about 5 years away from retirement and lost half his 401k back in 09.

 

[Greg T.]

Lucky I've got a few more decades.

I know a guy about 5 years away from retirement and lost half his 401k back in 09.

I'm down about 10k now since this shit started. It had better end quickly. I am extremely impressed with the POTUS is handling this.

 

[AlwaysWrite]

I'm down about 10k now since this shit started. It had better end quickly. I am extremely impressed with the POTUS is handling this.

... but how can we get the fake-news lamestream media impressed -- or at a minimum, be willing to report the facts without always linking it to (and blaming) Trump?

 

[Greg T.]

... but how can we get the fake-news lamestream media impressed -- or at a minimum, be willing to report the facts without always linking it to (and blaming) Trump?

Never gonna happen. The LSM is causing the panic and discontent and have no desire to stop it. The more they can mix it up the better they like it. Good news doesn't sell ads or increase ratings.

 

[AlwaysWrite]

Obviously, things could change later in the day, but as of now, the Dow-Jones futures indicate a rise of more than 1,000 points!

Reverting back to my original post, isn't it amazing that after extreme panic and massive selloffs, investors suddenly feel good today?

Go back and read the original post to see what's really going on.

 

[Greg T.]

Obviously, things could change later in the day, but as of now, the Dow-Jones futures indicate a rise of more than 1,000 points!

Reverting back to my original post, isn't it amazing that after extreme panic and massive selloffs, investors suddenly feel good today?

Go back and read the original post to see what's really going on.

That's why it's not panic manipulating the market. This is clearly a case of investors taking advantage of a crisis. "Never let a good crisis go to waste", or something like that. Investors are buying and selling at a rate that manipulates the market prices. They know if the sell big that the market will crash. When it does they buy all the can. This causes a huge increase so the sell again......

 

[AlwaysWrite]

That's why it's not panic manipulating the market. This is clearly a case of investors taking advantage of a crisis. "Never let a good crisis go to waste", or something like that. Investors are buying and selling at a rate that manipulates the market prices. They know if the sell big that the market will crash. When it does they buy all the can. This causes a huge increase so the sell again...…

... and with such HUGE swings in the Dow-Jones (and other market data), it should be obvious that some "investors" are buying and selling obscene amounts of money in order to manipulate things to their advantage. It's certainly not $50 or $100 buy-and-sell transactions that are making more than a molehill of difference.

 

[Greg T.]

... and with such HUGE swings in the Dow-Jones (and other market data), it should be obvious that some "investors" are buying and selling obscene amounts of money in order to manipulate things to their advantage. It's certainly not $50 or $100 buy-and-sell transactions that are making more than a molehill of difference.

Yup, the billionaires are playing and they don't give a rat's ass who comes down. I'm sitting here with my piggy bank portfolio trying to stay alive by supplementing my SS, and losing sleep after watching the total steadily dropping.

 

[AlwaysWrite]

The market certainly seemed to approve of what Trump had to say from the Oval Office regarding the coronavirus situation yesterday. During the time of his speech/press conference, the Dow-Jones rose more than 1,000 points!

 

[AlwaysWrite]

I wish something could be done about those unethical people who continue to manipulate the market to their advantage, not giving a hoot about the way it may affect the rest of America.

What I pointed out in the original post continues to hold true. Except for the massive buying and selling by multi-millionaire investors, THERE IS NO WAY that the Dow-Jones should take a massive tumble on Monday, then gain more than 1,000 points on Tuesday, and now, it's back to huge selloffs. IT'S OUT-AND-OUT CORRUPT MANIPULATION, with the help of "insider trading."

You'll notice that most of their "maneuvers" come overnight, before the market even opens at 9:30, so by the time the day's data starts rolling in, it's too late for the "average Joe" to respond effectively.

I would think that there would be some way for government officials to find out just who is making these multi-millions buy-and-sell transactions, and do something about it. Then again, some -- or a lot -- of the transactions may be BY GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS!

 

[REVerse °]

Help me out here, ya’ll..

Is it true that members of congress can participate in insider trading without any repercussions?

I know it is illegal for the general population to do so.

 

[Greg T.]

I'm not sure. I wouldn't think so