At the beginning of January, Barack Obama was president and the Dow Jones industrial average hadn't dared venture over 20,000. It was a simpler time.
The world's ultrawealthy and powerful made their annual pilgrimage to Davos for the World Economic Forum, and several Twitterites took to mocking them. Meanwhile, Michael Kitces had a really handy flowchart, Mark Dow was drinking and trading, and portfolio manager Evan Thurmond needs a new license plate.
On General Economic Topics:
Donald Trump names Rudy Giuliani as cyber security adviser. His first order of business is changing his email password from 9/11.
— Michael Blackman (@ParaComedian09) January 12, 2017
The replacement for Megyn Kelly's show is 'Burnin' Books with Sarah Palin'
— Downtown Josh Brown (@ReformedBroker) January 3, 2017
We don't understand why record stores failed. They had record sales every year.
— SEC Fort Worth (@FortWorth_SEC) January 2, 2017
Our long national nightmare is over: We can now read the 2011 Federal Open Market Committee Transcripts. https://t.co/tGiUgVX3kn
— Neil Irwin (@Neil_Irwin) January 12, 2017
Hold my beer while I short some gold. $GC_F
— Dow (@mark_dow) January 11, 2017
Advisor's Guide To DoL Fiduciary And The New Best Interests Contract (BIC) Requirement – https://t.co/zg2h384usZ pic.twitter.com/eOwkC3rpYf
— MichaelKitces (@MichaelKitces) January 11, 2017
Eurythmics Four Factor Authentication pic.twitter.com/m5f7r3MuEW
— Bad Dude (@brian_carnell) January 19, 2017
Brilliant@MarioGabelli, @BarbarianCap, DailyShot pic.twitter.com/UiF9pGxlo3
— Liz Ann Sonders (@LizAnnSonders) January 17, 2017
March 9th 2009: 'Obama's Radicalism is Killing the Dow' (WSJ)
Here's what happened next via @ritholtz:https://t.co/xQqbOpVyN9 pic.twitter.com/Fh46yOiWjB
— Ritholtz Wealth (@RitholtzWealth) January 21, 2017
On the Davos forum:
Do Figurative Dumpster Fires Impact Paris Agreement Obligations? #DavosBreakoutSessions
— Kyle (@kylef) January 17, 2017
Basel V: The Empire Strikes Back#DavosBreakoutSessions
— Ivan the K™ (@IvanTheK) January 17, 2017
Alternatives to Mossack Fonseca.#DavosBreakoutSessions
— Bob Ramsey (@roberams) January 17, 2017
On President Trump's Inauguration:
Sell the news? $TWTR stock down on #InaugurationDay even as Twitter fan Trump set to become president. @realDonaldTrump @POTUS @POTUS44
— Paul R. La Monica (@LaMonicaBuzz) January 20, 2017
What's the over/under on how long this remains true? pic.twitter.com/3T1enau9Zi
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) January 20, 2017
On the Dow Finally Hitting 20,000:
Hey @jimcramer BOOYAH! What's next DOW50K or DOW15K? #dow20k #dow20000 pic.twitter.com/w94hDzKmUG
— Evan Thurmond (@DOW20K) January 25, 2017
#dow20k pic.twitter.com/uUHqKvK4lR
— Dow (@mark_dow) January 25, 2017
How investing usually works:
2009: Dow 7,000 – Time to Sell?
2017: Dow 20,000 – Time to Buy?
— Ben Carlson (@awealthofcs) January 25, 2017
Once we're at Dow 1 Million, I presume we'll be publishing stuff like, "OMG Dow Gains 1,000 Points in 20 Seconds, Fastest Ever" https://t.co/OTfP8MKetT
— Joe Light (@joelight) January 25, 2017
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