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Comment-palooza

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If you look back at the night of the 2016 election, you’d probably be very, very surprised at my reaction to the shocking news that Trump was winning:

reaction

To explain………..I was excited about the fact that the equity markets were suddenly heading into a free fall (and would ultimately be limit-down). That didn’t last, of course, nor did my enthusiasm.

What was interesting about that night, however, was the sheer popularity of the comments section; it was absolutely packed with people (of course, this was before social distancing existed):

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