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[–] fort_burp@feddit.nl 39 points 6 days ago (3 children)
[–] foenix@lemmy.radio 32 points 6 days ago (4 children)

Markets are closed today to celebrate MLK Day. Tomorrow marks a ton of state legislation getting scheduled as well. Gonna suck.

[–] poopkins@lemmy.world 17 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

MLK Day is a US holiday. It's not celebrated anywhere outside the United States of America.

I know you're replying to a photo of the S&P 500, but I'm equally confused about the statement since I've not seen any global market slump.

[–] NotJohnSmith@feddit.uk 3 points 5 days ago

Agreed. The German DAX eat largest at 1% down on close. Markets can swing that hard in a day for absolutely no reason so there's no market sell off that I can see

[–] 87Six@lemmy.zip 0 points 5 days ago

VWCE went from 150 eur to 146 in about 2 days, but yea, hardly a selloff in my books too...

[–] fort_burp@feddit.nl 6 points 6 days ago
[–] Butterphinger@lemmy.zip 2 points 6 days ago
[–] Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 days ago

A lot of places around here aren't observing this holiday. It's kinda sad.

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 5 days ago

The Dollar went down.

Convert that S&P 500 to Yuan and it's a whole different picture.

[–] Pacattack57@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

The S&P 500 is primarily US companies so a global sell off isn’t really going to affect it.