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For the "Buy the Dip!" crowd I'll refer back to the 1929 chart I posted yesterday. What happened to the people who bought all these dips?

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It wasn't until about 1970 that the Dow reached pre-1929 levels adjusted for real dollars.
Back then dividends were the chief way of giving value back to shareholders. With dividend reinvestments people who invested at the peak of ‘29 recouped there investment by the late ‘36 boom. As tax laws have changed, dividends in the US are cost prohibitive so companies buy back their own stock which returns the value by raising prices of the stock itself. If you want 10+ year examples of lost generational value they exist (Japan bubble of 1989, Hong Kong late 90s, even American NASDAQ of .com), but the Dow Jones loss of value is overstated by looking at the line without factoring in dividend yields. Nowadays dividends are far less but they were the core of investing pre 80s
 
Someone explain the new tariffs update like I'm 5.
trump has held to his promise that reciprocal tariffs would be the only ones levied if people played ball. over 75 countries have requested to negotiate with us, and he's dropping the tariffs to 10% and pausing them for 90 days for those countries, while everyone else retains 10% with no pause, and china gets no pause in the tariffs, as well as their tariffs having increased to 125% total, according to the golden-haired one.

Trump cucked on tariffs and is pausing them for everyone except China.
the burger suit gets 1 size smaller every time you lie about tariffs, fatty mcfatterson.
 
Back then dividends were the chief way of giving value back to shareholders. With dividend reinvestments people who invested at the peak of ‘29 recouped there investment by the late ‘36 boom. As tax laws have changed, dividends in the US are cost prohibitive so companies buy back their own stock which returns the value by raising prices of the stock itself. If you want 10+ year examples of lost generational value they exist (Japan bubble of 1989, Hong Kong late 90s, even American NASDAQ of .com), but the Dow Jones loss of value is overstated by looking at the line without factoring in dividend yields. Nowadays dividends are far less but they were the core of investing pre 80s
Company stock buybacks should be illegal, especially when companies take on more debt to do so. It's straight market manipulation and provides zero value beyond the short-term pump (if that even happens).

Dividends weren't ended because of tax law, they were ended when execs realized the sheep would still buy stocks that didn't pay a dividend and then they could put that extra money in their own pockets by way of salary/bonuses.
 
Trump cucked on tariffs and is pausing them for everyone except China.
Don't listen to this misinformation. He kept 10% tariffs on everyone, and the higher aggressive tariffs on anyone who didn't kiss the ring. He paused the higher rates for people who are GIVING US SHIT in exchange for him pausing them. It was not for free in exchange for nothing.

We don't know every specific detail yet because this literally just happened.

Get back in the crystal.
 
silicon wadi, innovative weapons development, innovative medical development, experts in irrigation that maximizes water usage in a time when water is extremely valuable, etc

theres a reason why the UAE decided to throw its lot in with Israel and it's not because they're Zionists
Name the weapons they developed. Name the innovations in medicine. "Experts in irrigation" that is not an export good.

Come on, you can name something that doesnt lead back to US tax dollars when its all said and done right?
 
Bluff? Works once? Nigga it works forever as long as I can implement it and actually do it. Welcome to the wonderful world of financial Bullying. I win and there's nothing you can do it about it. America's finest businessing 101.
this is exactly why null is so pissed off at the debanking shit. there's no recourse at all. this is one of those pains that hits the real world the most. eventually, you run out of bullshit, you stop being able to make up numbers, and you can only dump so many near-infinite yuan. eventually, the bottom gives out to cardboard construction, embezzling and corruption, and matte paintings of glittering cities of western decadence and those bills come due.

china is in a really bad position, and they were relying on weak US leaders to slowly allow them to get themselves back into a winning position over the next 10-20 years. i look forward to savoring the flavors of the weeping CCP's tears as they are eaten alive by the billions of angry proles they've led into a lie for a century.
 
Name the weapons they developed
Uzi, Tavor, TROPHY, Iron Dome, Iron beam, BARAK missiles, SPICE

Name the innovations in medicine.
Pillcam, Copaxone, Prosense, TytoCare , Israeli bandage, innovations in medical evacuation of soldiers, ENvue, flexible stent

"Experts in irrigation" that is not an export good.
Consulting for countries that need the help is a good.

Come on, you can name something that doesnt lead back to US tax dollars when its all said and done right?
plenty. Look at the cell phone or Intel chips
 
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