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lapfog_1

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3. correct... but
Wed May 28, 2025, 12:27 PM
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two things.

1. This only works if the masses still sell shares on the news of new tariffs. The TACO strategy requires the majority of trades to be "sell at market" based on the idea that the tariffs will destroy earnings in the future and then buy at the "bottom" and then when Trump announces the tariffs will be suspended or delayed or removed... and sell on the market rebound as companies correct projections to take into account the chicken out phase. Pattern is pretty well established now, most people are either simply holding instead of panic selling... and the corrections are less of a rise than before. In other words, everyone is taking the pattern into account.

2. I am certain there are a number of people in the Trump orbit who are doing the "insider trading", including selling short on companies that will suffer with the soon to be announced tariff, covering after the tariff is public... then buying just before the tariff is suspended or delayed and selling after the announcement. People like MTG. They need to be investigated, charged, convicted, and sent to prison. This is essentially the "Martha Stewart" crime.

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The Taco Strategy [View all] Disaffected Wednesday OP
I believe that is called Insider Trading, and it is illegal. FishBones51 Wednesday #1
I should have been a little more clear. Disaffected Wednesday #2
correct... but lapfog_1 Wednesday #3
Sure, Disaffected Wednesday #4
At the least, it is still illegal "Market Manipulation" FishBones51 Wednesday #5
I don't believe there is anything Disaffected Wednesday #8
Sarcasm? FishBones51 Wednesday #10
Actually did this Sympthsical Wednesday #6
There you go then. Disaffected Wednesday #9
I'm not educated enough to "play the market" Sympthsical Wednesday #13
This made me smile LetMyPeopleVote Wednesday #7
Wall Street's new term- TACO (Trump Always Chickens Out) is pissing off trump LetMyPeopleVote Wednesday #11
Hah! UTUSN Wednesday #12
The Internet is having fun with Trump Always Chickens Out (TACO) LetMyPeopleVote Wednesday #14
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