Dow's down 200 points

[Cruzan]

Just a heads up.

Oh, and twenty years ago today was the '87 crash. :wtf:

:hi:

[DemocratSinceBirth]

1. Dow Would Have To Drop 3,100 Points In A Day To Match That

I think circuit breakers break in and the markets close before that happens...

[Cruzan]

2. A 1350 point, or about a 10% loss, would kick in the first circuit breaker

http://www.nyse.com/press/circuit_breakers.html

[DemocratSinceBirth]

4. And Eventually The Market Closes

The Dow that day was actually down 47% at one time before the bargain hunters came in...

The market is a counter intuitive mechanism... All kinds of competing cliches from "you can't catch a falling knife" to the "time to buy is when there is blood in the streets"...

[TechBear_Seattle]

3. 1.47% at the moment. Barely worthy of note

Get back with us if hit a 3% change. Anything less than that is normal.

[Cruzan]

5. Closed down 366.94 or 2.64%