Biggest Market Manipulation In Market History

A few minutes before the markets closed today, with oil going as high as $120 per barrel and the Dow down 1.8%, Trump announced that the war is pretty much over.

Within the next few minutes, the Dow rocketed to close 0.5% higher and oil was back to $89 per barrel (I believe).

A few minutes later, Trump walked it back.

His position now, is that Iran War Will Be Over ‘Very Soon’. He added that the U.S. military campaign still has further to go.

The markets are now in confusion territory.

However, if you bought an oil put prior to his earlier statement, you're looking good. With a potential 26% return in a single day.

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ArishMell · 70-79, M

Turmp had been saying the war is already finished... has he defined what will mark that point?

What that does show is that "the markets" hold some of the most volatile, mindless, panic-stricken types going.

I have a very small block of shares and a company pension... Hopefully their managers are a lot more analytical than those confused ones!

(Pension managers are, because they rely on long-term, fairly steady investments.)