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So, Another October Market Crash Monday? (Original Post) Skraxx Oct 2020 OP
Probably Sherman A1 Oct 2020 #1
FYI Trumpocalypse Oct 2020 #5
And Trump has played down the COVID19 so the markets doc03 Oct 2020 #2
Its overdue, but the PPT is a 'legitimate' force. A floor against the shorts? empedocles Oct 2020 #3
PPT? Is that a TLA? Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2020 #4
Plunge Protection Team. Created to calm stock panics. Power to limit trading. empedocles Oct 2020 #8
Nope. Trump will call it proof that there is a cure for COVID19 so stock will go up. nt Boogiemack Oct 2020 #6
Interestingly, On Friday... ProfessorGAC Oct 2020 #7
No, smart money takes advantage of chaos and moves in. n/t Yavin4 Oct 2020 #9

empedocles

(15,751 posts)
8. Plunge Protection Team. Created to calm stock panics. Power to limit trading.
Sat Oct 3, 2020, 08:08 PM
Oct 2020

Has market manipulative powers. PPT may account, or help, new highs in S & P, despite sick economy.

ProfessorGAC

(65,248 posts)
7. Interestingly, On Friday...
Sat Oct 3, 2020, 07:18 PM
Oct 2020

DJIA went up 300, & S&P up 30 within 20 minutes of when Biden's negative test was announced.
Can't prove causation, but it is an interesting outcome.

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