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In reply to the discussion: The whole stock market crash and recovery was a ruse to make billions [View all]WarGamer
(18,064 posts)39. pity the suckers who sold off last week or the week before.
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        That is not how Bitcoin works, it is literally impossible to 'commandeer the entire BitCoin and Crypto supply'
        Celerity
        Apr 2025
        #61
      
        
        The US currently has around 147.3 million ounces of gold stored at Fort Knox in Kentucky. At the current price of $3,328
        Celerity
        Apr 2025
        #63
      
        
        I have seen all sorts of claims on the internet over the years, but the way I look at it, the entire Knox supply's total
        Celerity
        Apr 2025
        #66
      
        
        +1. Never ascribe malfeasance when incompetence is one of the top hypotheses. Without specific
        Bernardo de La Paz
        Apr 2025
        #19
      
        
        I think we're only halfway back from the losses we suffered after the tariff fiasco
        Walleye
        Apr 2025
        #28
      
        
        Yep!! At 10% the *CURRENT tariffs that are still in force are worse than Smoot Hawley
        uponit7771
        Apr 2025
        #48
      
        
        He's an idiot. Evidence is overwhelming for that explanation and absent for other explanations
        Bernardo de La Paz
        Apr 2025
        #20
      
        
        These more mellow statements are just spin to save Trump's ass. The inevitable tide of tariff recession is coming.
        Doodley
        Apr 2025
        #33
      
        
        True it is but there is so much more to come. The markets try to react today based on what they think the
        twodogsbarking
        Apr 2025
        #36