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▲ paxy a day ago

Tuesday - "Market falls because of election"

Wednesday - "Market soars because of election"

Thursday - "Market plummets because of election"

Can we at least agree that no one has any idea what is going on?

▲delecti a day ago | parent | next [-]

All of them can be true, while still not providing any predictive utility.

▲bagacrap 20 hours ago | parent [-]

And they can all be false. GP's point is that the reporting always suggests causation when causation is rarely if ever knowable.

▲ricksunny a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Everyday “Our newspaper makes money by editorializing every tick change in the [$index] market by attributing unverifiable context and not referencing the previous tick we editorialized.”

▲mancerayder a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The trick with news media is the word As.

"Market drops 3% as Foo"

▲fauigerzigerk a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

OK, they are jumping up and down but they're doing it in the most efficient way possible. It has been proven time and time again!

▲233mhz a day ago | parent | prev [-]

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▲johnsimer a day ago | parent | next [-]

What about black dudes, asian dudes, or other other colors of rich dudes? What would you say the stock market is for them?

▲roodypoo2 a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Please go back to Reddit

▲mancerayder a day ago | parent | prev [-]

Reddit has entered the chat.

Thanks to whoever added that sub, now we have rubbish like this.