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jmbar2

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1. It has caused a 50% drop in my small brokerage account over the past few days.
Tue Sep 28, 2021, 06:29 PM
Sep 2021

I had a lot of SPY call options, which tend to react badly to stock drops.

Stomach-churning. McConnell is a terrorist autocrat.

It has caused a 50% drop in my small brokerage account over the past few days. jmbar2 Sep 2021 #1
Yes, just the last 2 days is bad enough but I suspect the next few weeks to be brutal. Eliot Rosewater Sep 2021 #4
The turtle couldn't be happier. He said he took no responsibility for what would happen Walleye Sep 2021 #2
The question is how much are his billionaire owners willing to suffer Eliot Rosewater Sep 2021 #5
I have a sneaky suspicion.... TheRealNorth Sep 2021 #13
Turtle is a psychopath I_UndergroundPanther Sep 2021 #9
Republican Dine and Dash aka GOP Chew and Screw C_U_L8R Sep 2021 #10
I think it's something like Theft of services, a crime Walleye Sep 2021 #12
I understand. My pension fund has dropped 10k in ONE DAY. Doodley Sep 2021 #3
I have to consider pulling it all out for a few weeks. Broker can put it in a simple Eliot Rosewater Sep 2021 #6
That's the whole point, isn't it? wnylib Sep 2021 #7
Of course it is. The GOP is a terrorist organization and they can crash the market Eliot Rosewater Sep 2021 #8
"Has the debt ceiling ever not been raised?" - There was a brief debt default in 1979... PoliticAverse Sep 2021 #11
Article doesnt say what happened to the market when this happened. Eliot Rosewater Sep 2021 #19
The GQP knows we will use reconciliation to get it done at the last moment. They know we will fold.. krawhitham Sep 2021 #14
And if they are being controlled by Koch and the like, they might do exactly that. Eliot Rosewater Sep 2021 #18
It'll be a good time to buy. multigraincracker Sep 2021 #15
Keep an eye on the 10 Year Treasury yield. A HERETIC I AM Sep 2021 #16
Thanks, I wish I understood this. Do me a favor, tell me WHERE to look and exactly what Eliot Rosewater Sep 2021 #17
Any quote platform or website will have that quote. A HERETIC I AM Sep 2021 #20
THANK YOU SO MUCH! Eliot Rosewater Sep 2021 #21
It's all noise until somebody calls in their Treasury bonds and doesn't get paid bucolic_frolic Oct 2021 #22
Thanks Eliot Rosewater Oct 2021 #23
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