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Originally Posted by Jim in CT
They are a real factor in how comfortably regular people can live, and if/when they can retire. It helps ALL of us when the market does well. You never check your IRA balance? Doesn't matter to you whether you have $0 or $1 million? It matters to most of us.
"Trade wars certainly won't help "
We've had trade wars for decades...
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About 1/2 of the country (i.e. regular people) have zero investment in the stock market, hell they don't even have much in the way retirement savings other than social security.
We haven't really had trade wars either for quite some time, not like what's brewing today.
Yeah, let's pick a fight with Canada and ban German cars while we placate China! Our trade policy is rudderless at the moment.