The Trump administration moved quickly to shut down the possibility of caving if stocks tank during a trade war with little end in sight

The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday that Chinese officials are betting that President Donald Trump’s attention towards the stock market serves to their advantage in a trade stand-off with the U.S. By their calculus, the U.S. can’t afford a prolonged trade war that keeps intensifying with little end in sight, a prospect they believe would tank financial markets and push Trump to make concessions.

However, the Trump administration moved quickly on Wednesday to shut down the possibility of negotiating with its back against the wall.

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    4 months ago

    Crypto is correlated to the stock market

    The only correlation between crypto and “value” is what someone will pay for it.

    I’m talking about a crash, not a dip.

    An actual crash will 100% make more people turn to crypto, which will drive the price up. Enriching people who already own it.

    Likely creating a bubble when the original holders sell, which the profits would then be used to buy into the crashed stock market, or gobble up real estate when everyone goes thru foreclosures when pensions/retirement funds get wiped from that actual stock market crash.

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      4 months ago

      No. They won’t. People flee more speculative assets towards more stable ones during crashes. Not the other way around.

      Nothing about crypto has become less speculative in recent years. And people aren’t going to increasingly pile into crypto after it plummets 90% when the stock market crashes. That goes against all human nature