Trump: ‘Smart People’ Are Buying Stocks Right Now

If you, like many market participants, harbor serious reservations about piling into US equities at a time when the economy is headed for the worst downturn since the Great Depression and earnings are poised to collapse, Donald Trump thinks your concerns are misplaced. Or at least that's what he suggested on Monday evening, during a press conference in the Rose Garden. "Smart people" are buying stocks right now, Trump contended. "The third and fourth quarter in particular are going to be spect

Join institutional investors, analysts and strategists from the world's largest banks: Subscribe today for as little as $7/month

View subscription options

Or try one month for FREE with a trial plan

Already have an account? log in

Leave a Reply to AlexCancel reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

9 thoughts on “Trump: ‘Smart People’ Are Buying Stocks Right Now

  1. The same guy who did the ‘largest deal of his life’ to save oil industry. Less than two weeks later all the oil a person could want could be purchased at NEGATIVE prices. I am thinking if the ‘Bankruptcy King’ is true to form might be a good time to start looking downward for a reasonable target. Do not get in too much of a hurry though in this case he is not actually doing anything ‘amazing’.

  2. if Trump just said that now’s a great time to buy, I guess that means I need to go out tomorrow and find something to short.

  3. It is truly hard to grasp that we are now in la-la land. El jefe is a complete loon surrounded by his hand picked loons. Today, my wife read me a FB post that literally yelled, “Obama wasn’t rich enough to give everyone $1200”.

    If there was ever a time for young people to stand up, it’s now. They failed in the last cycle.

  4. I had a dream last night American Airlines went to $0. Based on absolutely nothing I would trust that more than Trump desperately jawboning the market.

NEWSROOM crewneck & prints