There may be too much going on lately and crazy Trump is moving stocks back and forth. In the beginning, stocks were rising and it looked like Trump would help US companies and the markets would rise, but now it is exactly the opposite. Personally I think Trump doesn't want to be seen as the president that made stocks fall and hopefully next year will be better.
What do you think? Are we in for a longer period of declines now, or will Trump calm down and the markets rise again?
It's as you write, Trump wants those stocks to go up and companies to be profitable, but it's just tough right now and in the short term stocks may still fall.
I try to have the portfolio set up so that these situations don't affect it, so dividend and value stocks are making me quite happy right now.