Tag Archives: Wall Street

Will the GameStop short squeeze lead to any kind of useful change?

Posted on February 8, 2021 by a1skeptic

If there is one thing that the Trump years have proved, it’s that there is almost no relationship between the stock market and the rest of the economy. “The stock market hates unpredictability,” I’ve always heard, and there is no … Continue reading →

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The Bankers and other Wall Street types only have themselves to blame

Posted on March 23, 2016 by a1skeptic

The bankers and Wall Street types really only have themselves to blame. With the ascendancy of Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders (and Elizabeth Warren by proxy), it’s clear that the populists are ruling the day in this Presidential election year. … Continue reading →

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