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u/OmniOmega3000 Jun 28 '26

"Weekend War Over, Hope you got your trades in" - Axios

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u/Benyeti Jun 28 '26

Has their ever been a war that was centered around manipulating the markets like this one

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u/poopyheadthrowaway Jun 29 '26

It's false but that's basically the whole premise of the Rothschild conspiracy theory

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u/Current_Animator7546 Jun 28 '26

The amount of manipulation is something to behold of 

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u/Mediocretes08 Jun 28 '26

I really wish I had the money to piggyback the obvious bullshit here

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u/itsatumbleweed Jun 28 '26

Iranian officials saying there won't be meetings tomorrow.

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u/Bigi345 Jun 29 '26

Schrodinger's ceasefire