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Futures Dow -635 (Original Post) spanone 3 hrs ago OP
Trump economic disaster continues. Emile 3 hrs ago #1
If it's 635 now, it will be 1200 pretty quickly. Renew Deal 2 hrs ago #2
Nope. onenote 1 hr ago #5
Markets rallied Wednesday allegedly in anticipation of his address (?!) GreatGazoo 2 hrs ago #3
And WTI is at $113/barrel now. It'll be an ugly day, Ilsa 2 hrs ago #4
Trade deficit soars Johnny2X2X 1 hr ago #6

Renew Deal

(85,174 posts)
2. If it's 635 now, it will be 1200 pretty quickly.
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 09:06 AM
2 hrs ago

I’m sure that Trump will announce some sort of scale down today to cool things off. I wonder if people will keep falling for it.

Trump is all about short term solutions with no long term plan, so he’s constantly trying to”fix” things.

onenote

(46,146 posts)
5. Nope.
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 10:10 AM
1 hr ago

I don't know where it will end up, but it didn't drop by over 1000 points in pre-market trading and, at least for the moment, it's downward momentum has slowed.

GreatGazoo

(4,623 posts)
3. Markets rallied Wednesday allegedly in anticipation of his address (?!)
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 09:17 AM
2 hrs ago

What planet are those people on? Because I'm on the one where the Strait of Hormuz needs to be reopened before any rally can be sustained and nothing Trump says or could say should matter much.

Ilsa

(64,378 posts)
4. And WTI is at $113/barrel now. It'll be an ugly day,
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 09:32 AM
2 hrs ago

especially with the rough start. Krasnov will react, give traders hope, and the losses will soften, but then it'll crack on in the negative.

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