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Top 20 one day percent decreases in Dow Jones
Last Monday the Dow Industrials fell by 777 points after the US Senate didn’t pass the 700 billion bailout package. Most news reporters informed the public that Mondays drop in the oldest US stock index was the largest one day point drop ever. They were correct in this one. The issue is that ...
Stock market decline in perspective
Stock market decline in perspective
investmentpostcards.com — This week's stock market meltdown ranks second as the worst Monday-to-Friday movement for the Dow Jones Industrial... Average since 1900, and this is truly turning out to be Black October. This post provides some perspective of the magnitude of the ... (more) Stock market decline in perspective
Dow 9,000!
krugman.blogs.nytimes.com — Stock prices are, however, the least of our worries. The money markets are frozen; the TED spread... is 4.14%. G7 meeting tomorrow, IMF-World Bank over the weekend. Now is the time for major action - an announcement of coordinated capital injections, ... (more) Dow 9,000!
Manic Monday: Dow roars back from worst week ever: Financial News - Yahoo! Finance
Manic Monday: Dow roars back from worst week ever: Financial News - Yahoo! Finance
biz.yahoo.com — NEW YORK (AP) -- Wall Street stormed back after its worst week ever and staged the biggest... single-day stock rally since the Great Depression on Monday, catapulting the Dow Jones industrials to a 936-point gain and finally offering relief from eight ... (more) Manic Monday: Dow roars back from worst week ever: ...
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Weekend Reading from Value Investing News
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