President Trump knows business. He knows the stock market. And he thinks he knows what should be happening to your "409K's" right about now.
After stock market indexes rose to record highs early Thursday, Trump sent a tweet asking "HOW ARE YOUR 409K'S DOING?" If they're "only 50 percent up," he continued, well, "What are you doing wrong?"
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