Astrological calculations indicate that the U.S. stock market will crash in the year 2020. Therefore, you should get your money out of the market before that year.
A) Inductive, cogent.
B) Deductive, valid.
C) Inductive, weak.
D) Deductive, invalid.
E) Inductive, strong.

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The argument is based on astrological calculations, which have no scientific basis and cannot be considered a reliable prediction tool for the stock market. Therefore, the argument is weak and uncertain. Additionally, the conclusion claims that people should get their money out of the market, but it does not provide any evidence or reasoning to support this advice, making it an unsupported and weak inductive argument.

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