While Trump is talking, the Dow is down more than 600 points (now over 1,500)

[highplainsdem]

[cilla4progress]

1. Who agrees that this is somehow tied

to trumprussia?

Doesn't the market usually know things before the rest of us do???

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. The market doesn't know anything either, and that's the problem.

The market hates uncertainty. One factor is the likely rise in interest rates (inflation) but there's so much chaos on top of that. I don't know how far this sell-off will go, but it will be interesting to see if Dolt 45 tries to blame it on Obama, Clinton, or Bob Mueller (come to think of it, maybe the possible indictments of the entire top echelon of our government might be making investors nervous, too).

[Corgigal]

5. Guess, that and the debt ceiling

We're going to go broke, for companies who don't need the tax break.

[steve2470]

6. also related to 84% more borrowing by the federal government

and some profit-taking but yes also Trump's foolishness.

[cilla4progress]

9. That's right, thanks,

I forgot that tidbit.

And that's on top of the deficit ballooning under the government tax rip off passed by them in December.

Though I would not wish a market crash on anyone - including retirees and those of us close, i do understand and appreciate that this hurts trump.

[uponit7771]

16. +1, big money likes bonds not equities

[Corgigal]

2. CNN is trolling Trump

and he, or his handlers are too stupid to notice. I'm waiting, but with sound off. I hope the workers behind him are already looking for a new job.

[msongs]

3. it's the trump crash nt

[global1]

8. We Need To Hang That Moniker On This ....

The Trump Crash

[gordianot]

7. 690s plunge into 700s

While he drones on.

[marybourg]

10. I expected this to happen the day

after the election. Usually The Market hates chaos, and tRump is the king of chaos. But I guess they were confident he'd be able to lower taxes and kill some regulatory oversight before the chaos became overwhelming.

Meanwhile, I took profits continually as the market rose (I'm retired and have high ongoing expenses for DH's long term care. I wouldn't have done that if I were young).

[MFM008]

11. Dow 666

Maggots signature line.

[honest.abe]

12. If anything gets the attention of Republicans, its a stock market crash.

This might be enough to make them do the right thing and finally get rid of the AHOTUS (AssHole of the United States). If so I will gladly take a hit to my 401K.

[uppityperson]

13. Is there a negative % at which they shut for the day?

[mopinko]

17. there are circuit breakers, but we arent that close to tripping them yet.

it's bouncing back up now, so not likely they will be tripped.

[LanternWaste]

18. I knew it was around here somewhere. 7%, 13% and 20% are trading halt indices.

At the start of each day, the NYSE sets three circuit breaker levels at levels of 7% (Level 1), 13% (Level 2) and 20% (Level 3). These thresholds are the percentage drops in value that the S&P 500 Index would have to suffer in order for a trading halt to occur. Depending on the point drop that happens and the time of day when it happens, different actions occur automatically: Level 1 and Level 2 declines result in a 15-minute trading halt unless they occur after 3:25pm, when no trading halts apply. A Level 3 decline results in trading being suspended for the remainder of the day.[1]

[highplainsdem]

14. CNN, MSNBC and Fox all pulled out of Trump's speech to cover the Dow's plunge:

Link to tweet

[lpbk2713]

15. The wheels are finally falling of Trump's wagon.

I worry he'll be doing something drastic and stupid to bail himself out soon.