Tuesday November 8, 2022 is Election Day in the United States of America. In addition to Congressional "midterms" at the federal level, many state governors and other more local offices are up for grabs. Given how things shook out over Election Day 2020, things could get a little crazy.
...or, perhaps, not! But here's the Megathread for if they do. Talk about your local concerns, your national predictions, your suspicions re: election fraud and interference, how you plan to vote, anything election related is welcome here. Culture War thread rules apply, with the addition of Small-Scale Questions and election-related "Bare Links" allowed in this thread only (unfortunately, there will not be a subthread repository due to current technical limitations).
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The other day, the Fed raised interest rates and Jerome Powell made a statement that the market interpreted as him suggesting that he was going to loosen monetary policy so it shot straight up. Then about an hour later, he clarified that their interpretation was wrong and the market crashed hard. Here's the best advice you can get on predicting how the market will react to news.
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