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Yonnie3

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5. It dropped, not bigly though
Wed Apr 5, 2017, 09:17 PM
Apr 2017

I saw a 0.38% drop in my equity portfolio of index funds which was partially offset by bond indexes moving up.

I think that positive expectations (that some investors have - certainly not me) for this administration are priced in now. It will take a while for these expectations to evaporate when the administration achieves nothing of lasting value for this country's economy, or worse decimates it. In the mean time I appreciate the money those optimists invested to help me take capital gains. Perhaps they will learn that you can't run a country like a shady real estate business, or perhaps they will learn nothing and will continue to support me in my old age.

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