U.S. stocks are set to deliver their worst quarter in nearly four years
by giuliomagnifico on 3/31/2026, 11:53:04 AM
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by: blitzar
I don't know why you are asking about pedophiles and sex trafficing - The Dow is over 50,000 right now, the S&P is at almost 7,000, and the Nasdaq is smashing records. Americans' 401(k) savings are booming, thats what we should be talking about.
3/31/2026, 12:28:52 PM
by: chadash
Bad quarter for certain, but to keep things in perspective, the S&P is still up 13% over the past 12 months (likely 14% as soon as the market opens in 20 minutes). There's nothing magical about a "quarter". Had Q1 2025 ended 4 days later, it would have been significantly worse than this, but then the market went on to have a huge rally after that.
3/31/2026, 1:10:17 PM
by: bix6
So what does this mean for technology?<p>Well there are 3 huge IPOs supposed to go out this year. This hurts liquidity and clogs the pipes.<p>And then for early stage venture, where I work, it will be harder to raise funds and move new ventures forward. Especially given the extreme shifting of public assets to loyalists.<p>Overall it’s a bleak time for American exceptionalism. The only companies that are in vogue are AI and Defense. Biotech continues to get hammered because who needs medicine when we can just bomb people with AI right?
3/31/2026, 1:04:56 PM
by: looksjjhg
Is it great yet ?
3/31/2026, 12:18:08 PM
by: snackoverflow
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3/31/2026, 1:31:35 PM
by: tim333
The markets go up and down and were expensive and due for a correction but I'm not sure the very stable genius with his tariff and oil wars is helping.
3/31/2026, 2:39:41 PM
by: buellerbueller
Worst President Ever.
3/31/2026, 1:31:31 PM
by: wat10000
It certainly is interesting living in a declining empire.
3/31/2026, 12:52:25 PM
by: mikewarot
In less than a decade, the Dow will likely go over 1,000,000. (Because the Dollar is about to tank)<p>I used to believe the unwinding of the Petrodollar would take a generation, it's now likely to happen <i>this year</i>.<p>Trump's wild late night rants threatening civilian infrastructure gave all the cover Iran needed to take out the infrastructure of any of our allies that have US connections or bases. The effects of those attacks on infrastructure already completed will take years, if not decades to repair.<p>The US, like Russia before it, has shown itself to be a paper tiger.<p>We need to get the Epstein class out of government at all levels, deal with the consequences of the return to hard currency, and rebuild what we can of our nation.
3/31/2026, 12:39:24 PM
by: jmyeet
The point of culture war issues is to distract the population so they don't talk about economics. Your rent isn't sky high because of undocumented migrants or because there's a trans girl in Utah who wants to play hockey in college. It's sky-high because landlords have effectively colluded to raise your rent through tools like RealPage. In fact the entire goal of dynamic pricing is to raise prices. That's it.<p>Undocumented migrants in particular are vital to the economy. The agricultural and construction secotrs would collapse without them. They are paid sub-minimum wage because they're undocumented. And if they complain about low pay or working conditions, you just call in ICE to round them up, pay a token fine and rinse and repeat [1].<p>While people are distracted with these culture war issues, you proceed with your actual agenda of giving all the money in the government coffers to the already-wealthy.<p>The problem comes when these culture war issues become the goal not the distraction such as doing mass deportations. At that point you're now molesting the money and the wealthy will only put up with that for so long.<p>So now we have what is (IMHO) the biggest geopolitical error in US history by starting a war of choice in Iran with no specific goals, no exit strategy and no path to victory (whatever that means).<p>Sure defense contractors benefit as we have to replenish all those munitions we're using but you're spending $1-2 billion <i>every day</i> for a war you cannot win while strangling the global economy, destroying alliances and eroding US power.<p>And on top of that you're insider trading, which isn't money for nothing. By manipulating SPY puts, for example, you're stealing money from your donors and from ordinary people. This could ultimately hurt the supposed "integrity" of the markets.<p>Part of the reason the Cabinet is filled with incompetent sycophants is to mitigate the risk of being 25A'ed, meaning removed from office via the 25th Amendment.<p>My prediction is that if a large scale ground invasion happens in Iran and it goes badly, which I think it will, to the tune of tens of thousands of casulaties, the president will be 25A'ed.<p>[1]: <a href="https://abc7.com/post/ice-agents-arrest-680-in-largest-raids-in-at-least-10-years/5450284/" rel="nofollow">https://abc7.com/post/ice-agents-arrest-680-in-largest-raids...</a>
3/31/2026, 1:40:19 PM
by: joe_mamba
Crazy how for a guy so obsessed with self image and legacy, Trump is leaving behind a world where he'll be known for making everything shit that it was before him. Amazing. How does this happen?
3/31/2026, 12:26:11 PM
by: shevy-java
I think the current mafia in charge of the US government, along with their insider trading, needs to financially compensate the rest of the world. First, of course, regular US citizens who were frauded by them; but then also the rest of the world for driving up the prices - first via AI (may be legal but I find it a scam still, look at the RAM prices), now by driving the prices of energy up. Why do I have to pay the recent increase in inflation? Trump and his oligarch mafia should pay for that. The Epstein connection may indeed be much larger than we know - there must be a new, full, thorough investigation, not just by the USA; the USA covers up. ALL countries need to uncover how big and deep the kompromat reaches here.
3/31/2026, 1:32:52 PM
by: swarnie
It's been a fairly stress free quarter in rainbow bear land.<p>Buy puts, wait for Trump to say something dumb (don't worry, it won't take long), sell, return to step one.
3/31/2026, 12:16:56 PM
by: commandersaki
Meh, boom and bust cycles.
3/31/2026, 12:53:03 PM
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3/31/2026, 1:27:45 PM