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Dow Crashes 500 Points – Here's Who Trump's Blaming Today, Crypto Coins News

Dow Crashes 500 Points – Here's Who Trump's Blaming Today, Crypto Coins News


As the Dow Jones Industrial Average’s losses snowballed on Wednesday, President Donald Trump scrambled to identify a scapegoat.

Today’s stock market antagonist? Congressional Democrats and their “impeachment nonsense.”

Dow’s October Massacre Accelerates on Wednesday

Trump made the revelation on Twitter, as theDowspiraled toward a 500 – point meltdown and the S&P 500 cratered below its 100 – day moving average (DMA).

At last check, the Dow Jones Industrial Average had plummeted 485. 01 points or 1. 83%, reducing the DJIA to 26, 088. 03. At its session low, the Dow came within 35. 18 points of breaching the 26, 000 level.

The Dow careened toward losses of as much as 500 points on Wednesday. | Source: Yahoo Finance

In his tweet, Trump railed against impeachment-minded Democrats , accusing them of purposely hurting the country and driving the stock market down to hinder his reelection chances in 2020.

“All of this impeachment nonsense, which is going nowhere, is driving the Stock Market , and your 401 K’s , down. But that is exactly what the Democrats want to do, ”Trump seethed. “They are willing to hurt the Country, with only the 2020 Election in mind! ”

Most market analysts have a different read ontoday’s downturn, which piled onto Tuesday’s 343. 79 point drawdown – the DJIA’sworst pullbackin more than a month.

Economy, Not Impeachment, Likely Driving Stock Market Plunge

Investors appear concerned that Wednesday’s private-sector payrolls report, coupled with Tuesday’s abysmal manufacturing data release, presage animpending recession

After all, the impeachment saga first began on Sept. 24, when Democrats led by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced a formal inquiry into President Trump’s infamous phone call with Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky.

Stocks recoiled at that announcement, but Wall Street analystsdownplayed the expected market impactas little more than political theater.

Nasdaq, S&P 500 Suffer Along With the Dow

Wednesday’s Dow Jones nosedive saw 28 of the index’s 30 members report declines , with each of those companies falling at least 1%. Walgreens Boots Alliance and Cisco led the retreat, falling more than 3% on the day.

The S&P 500 and Nasdaq were not immune from the suffering. The large-cap S&P 500 dove 53. 82 points or 1. 83% to 2, 886. 43, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq slid 1. 77% to 7, 769. (**************************************************************.

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