Donald Trump Warns Americans To Get Out Of The Stock Market As The Dow Falls For A 7th Day In A Row

Jon Banking, Blogosphere, Economy, Fiscal Policies, Market Commentary, Politics, Real Estate

One thing that you have to appreciate about Donald Trump is that unlike most politicians, he actually says what is on his mind. On Tuesday, Trump told Fox Business that he had already gotten out of the stock market, and that he foresees ‘very scary scenarios’ ahead for investors. And of course things have already started to get a bit ominous for those holding stocks over the last week and a half. The Dow Jones Industrial Average has now closed down for seven days in a row, and that is the longest losing streak that we have seen since the panic of last August. Over the past 12 months we have seen virtually every other major global stock market experience at least one major crash. Could the U. S. markets be next?
What Trump told Fox Business earlier today was actually right on the money. Our financial markets have been artificially inflated by the Federal Reserve, and all artificial bubbles of this nature eventually burst. The following comes from a Bloomberg article that was posted on Tuesday entitled ‘Trump Urges Exit From Market Boosted by ‘Artificially Low’ Rates’…
Donald Trump on Tuesday said interest rates set by the Federal Reserve are inflating the stock market and recommended 401(k)-holders to get out of equities, just like he did.
‘I did invest and I got out, and it was actually very good timing,’ the Republican presidential nominee said in a phone interview with Fox Business. ‘But I’ve never been a big investor in the stock market.’
‘Interest rates are artificially low,’ Trump said. ‘The only reason the stock market is where it is is because you get free money.’
Trump’s comments come at a time when we are getting a whole host of bad news about the U. S. economy. We just learned that U. S. GDP grew at a meager 1.2 percent annual rate during the second quarter, the rate of homeownership in the United States just hit an all-time record low, and corporate earnings have now been falling for five quarters in a row.

This post was published at The Economic Collapse Blog on August 2nd, 2016.