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Fiendish Thingy

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11. Just about anything could spook investors
Wed Oct 29, 2025, 07:58 PM
14 hrs ago

Remember we had a major dip earlier this year in the spring, and the markets rebounded.

Confirmation of a recession could cause a pullback and sell off. So could some significant political event, like Mamdani winning (although that is expected by most), Trump invoking the Insurrection Act, etc.

Investors have learned to expect volatility during the Trump era, but it is the unexpected events within the investment world itself- crypto crashing, gold plummeting, AI imploding- that could bring the biggest drop.

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When does the Stock Market Crash? [View all] Chasstev365 16 hrs ago OP
Trump will Jerry2144 16 hrs ago #1
Yes, there absolutely no limits PatSeg 16 hrs ago #3
People here have been predicting for months and months that it will happen any day MichMan 16 hrs ago #2
Nope- just keeping things balanced and diversified Fiendish Thingy 14 hrs ago #15
I exchanged my more volatile investments CanonRay 10 hrs ago #34
When financial underpinnings of the Trump economy are worse than AI growth prospects bucolic_frolic 16 hrs ago #4
Up 20k points since 2019 OC375 16 hrs ago #5
I switched my 401K from a retirement target date fund Karma13612 16 hrs ago #6
So did I. no_hypocrisy 14 hrs ago #16
I laddered CDs KentuckyWoman 13 hrs ago #17
Yes, I am looking Karma13612 12 hrs ago #21
You could get an FDIC-protected CD and ... Dave says 11 hrs ago #26
Thank you for this! Karma13612 11 hrs ago #29
Same here. GoodRaisin 8 hrs ago #37
a sign of extreme wealth inequality DBoon 16 hrs ago #7
This message was self-deleted by its author Midnight Writer 15 hrs ago #8
Great Points ProfessorGAC 15 hrs ago #9
Exxon is down because oil is down. Melon 11 hrs ago #31
And? ProfessorGAC 4 hrs ago #38
This is absolutely not true. Every section (11 in total) are all up this year Melon 13 hrs ago #19
Thanks, Melon. I'll delete my post. Midnight Writer 12 hrs ago #20
Whenever the AI bubble bursts D_Master81 15 hrs ago #10
Just about anything could spook investors Fiendish Thingy 14 hrs ago #11
Who knows? Timing the market is a fool's errand fujiyamasan 14 hrs ago #12
80% of the run up edhopper 14 hrs ago #13
I am assuming rate cuts and Ai job trimming Johonny 12 hrs ago #23
Tech bubble is ready Blue Full Moon 14 hrs ago #14
When Nvidia... hunter 13 hrs ago #18
Yep. As Prof G describes, America is essentially an all in bet on AI, with circular deals artificially inflating values pat_k 11 hrs ago #32
Today was a nutty day Johonny 12 hrs ago #22
When the AI bubble bursts krawhitham 12 hrs ago #24
November? Captain Zero 12 hrs ago #25
There is so much global wealth sloshing around, it has to go somewhere jmbar2 11 hrs ago #27
Don't know when, but Prof G sets out how the end will begin: pat_k 11 hrs ago #28
Yes, it's a bubble. Money chasing money, and the "best outcome" I can see for AI is in specialized verticals, where it's usonian 11 hrs ago #33
I wish I could comment on all of this lapfog_1 11 hrs ago #30
AI companies are reporting huge profits. It's a bubble but kinda different from 1999. Quixote1818 10 hrs ago #35
When all the missing economic data is finally released, and it's horrific even with manipulation. Doodley 8 hrs ago #36
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