overreaction at one.  looking at the market trends over one day .. this is what a financial columnist is doing, seriously??

Also, Trump talks of talking down the dollar, but his whole protectionist plan will only inflate the dollar.  Money will rush back to the US dollar for fear of higher risk in the smaller nations the US trades with.  Unless Trump cuts interest rates drastically, we will only see exchange rates go very badly for the Cdn dollar and Chinese yuan.  If there are sweeping 'buy american' tax rules, more energy supply from the US going energy-independent, and new tariffs, we will see our dollar at 50 cents in two years. So I am hedged with property, cash and of course indexes in the US.  But gold might be something to consider - never as investment, only as temporary hedge (temporary as in till Trump is impeached)