The anonymous trader made National Zero famous on Monday due to his fantasy role playing game-ish grooming choices making him appear similar to that of a wizened yet cunning practitioner of sorcery was again prominently featured on CNBC’s website Friday. It’s not clear if the anonymous floor trader at the New York Stock Exchange is a Wiccan or something in real life but in any event his presence is a welcome switch from the more staid and conservative haircuts typical to other photos of ruminative traders busily working within the neoclassical redoubt on Wall Street.
And yeah, it’s a hectic day for the wizard and his buddies again as the Dow Jones is down 1,069.82 or 2.64 percent, the S&P 162.72 or 3.02 percent and the Nasdaq 499.55, also 3.02 percent after the ChiComs announced a 34 percent retaliatory tariff on upwards of $140 billion of US exports.
Convicted felon President Trump was plainly offended by Beijing’s response, posting “CHINA PLAYED IT WRONG, THEY PANICKED – THE ONE THING THEY CANNOT AFFORD TO DO!”