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Sunday, March 29, 2026

The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost nearly 800 points today, and the broader benchmark S&P 500 Index just posted its fifth straight weekly loss, marking its worst streak since 2022. The culprit is the war in Iran ...

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Brutal. S&P 500 has lost -$4.8 TRILLION in market cap since US/Israel started bombing Iran one month ago. Tech stocks further collapsed 8-15% today alone. Recovery to this will likely be slow & bumpy--likely worse than March 2020 stock market collapse. But this one was Trump-made.

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-- Eric Feigl-Ding (@drericding.bsky.social) Mar 27, 2026 at 4:08 PM

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Those who bought gold don't care...

#1 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-03-29 06:52 PM | Reply

we bought at 1200 this shit is at 4800

#2 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-03-29 06:53 PM | Reply

Gold bugs have peculiar disdain for the country they live in.

#3 | Posted by Zed at 2026-03-29 07:31 PM | Reply

Gold bugs have peculiar disdain for the country they live in.

They love capitalism. Just not our capitalism.

#4 | Posted by horstngraben at 2026-03-29 07:41 PM | Reply

@#2 ... we bought at 1200 this shit is at 4800 ...

... and those who recently bought gold at $5300 near the end of January 2026? There was a high volume of transactions then.



#5 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-03-29 07:41 PM | Reply

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