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Fiendish Thingy

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11. Just about anything could spook investors

Reply to Chasstev365 (Original post)

Wed Oct 29, 2025, 07:58 PM

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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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