[billorites]

Let me pile on...

[dfwgator]

So back then the Dow being down 12 points was considered a “skid”.

[Jeff Chandler]

Piled higher:

[RedMonqey]

"History doesn't repeat itself"



"But it sure does rhyme"

[PAR35]

Dow down 12? Time to panic. (For the youngsters - the Dow was around 800 those days. It would be the equivalent of about a 360 point drop today.)