Description: Some of President Trump’s least controversial tweets involve him boasting about the stock market. It has certainly done well since he was elected a year ago, with the Dow Jones industrial average up more than 30 percent in that time.

Source: NYTimes.com

Date: Dec 02, 2017

Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/01/your-money/trump-stock-market-investors.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fbusiness&action=click&contentCollection=business&region=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=13&pgtype=sectionfront

Questions for discussion:

• According to the article, what explains the market performance over the last year?
• Why are investors so worried?
• Are bonds a safer environment at this time?