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Wall Street in free-fall as traders ditch stocks amid global rout (Dow Down 921/6%)
Yahoo Finance ^ | August 24, 2015 | Adam Samson

Posted on 08/24/2015 6:36:42 AM PDT by C19fan

Wall Street plummeted early Monday as traders aggressively sold stocks and bid-up only the safest asset classes.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled 577 points, or 3.5%, to 15843, the S&P 500 plunged 77.5 points, or 3.9%, to 1884, and the Nasdaq Composite dived 412 points, or 8.7%, to 4295

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TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: 1moretime; investments; stockmarket; stocks
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Enjoy the ride.
1 posted on 08/24/2015 6:36:42 AM PDT by C19fan
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To: C19fan

All the 401K- and IRA-dependent retirees will now have to re-join the workforce.


2 posted on 08/24/2015 6:38:14 AM PDT by Carl Vehse
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To: C19fan

That’s like major major!

What’s the record in a day? 600?


3 posted on 08/24/2015 6:39:40 AM PDT by MNDude (God is not a Republican, but Satan is certainly a Democrat.)
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To: C19fan

Time to buy. Stocks are on sale.


4 posted on 08/24/2015 6:40:42 AM PDT by Drango (A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
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To: C19fan

All the chickens are coming home to roost it seems for Obama and his total ineptitude.

Whoever our nominee is will be the next president.


5 posted on 08/24/2015 6:41:20 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009 (You can't spell Hillary without using the letters L, I, A, & R)
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To: Carl Vehse

Just set my retirement date. Will now probably have to revise in the next few months. I don’t think today is the end of the drop


6 posted on 08/24/2015 6:41:45 AM PDT by Mom MD
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To: MNDude
600 points ain't what it used to be.

in 1987 on Black Monday the DOW dropped 508 points which was 22.61%. That would be the equivalent of a drop of 3,200 points today.

7 posted on 08/24/2015 6:41:46 AM PDT by NeoCaveman (DC, it's Versailles on the Potomac but without the food and culture)
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To: MNDude

Based on percentage loss have a chance of cracking the top 20 single worst days.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_daily_changes_in_the_Dow_Jones_Industrial_Average


8 posted on 08/24/2015 6:41:55 AM PDT by C19fan
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To: Drango

It will be 17,750 within 3 weeks.


9 posted on 08/24/2015 6:42:13 AM PDT by kjam22 (my music video "If My People" at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74b20RjILy4)
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Thanks, China, for letting your stock market be massively over-leveraged ....

just so you could say your economy was as big as the US’s ....

idiots


10 posted on 08/24/2015 6:42:14 AM PDT by canuck_conservative
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To: NeoCaveman

well said ... I remember Black Tuesday ...


11 posted on 08/24/2015 6:42:58 AM PDT by Patton@Bastogne
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To: MNDude
What’s the record in a day? 600?
It's not the point drop that matters, it's percent of the market.
12 posted on 08/24/2015 6:44:03 AM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: Carl Vehse

Or delay our plans to retire. Mrs. POF just announced she’s going to work until 70 instead of 67.


13 posted on 08/24/2015 6:44:27 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (For those who understand, no explanation is needed. For those who do not, no explanation is possible)
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To: C19fan

As I write this (9:43 EDT), the Dow has recovered to about -500. This is indicative of (1) investors with big balls moving in (not an unlikely scenario), and/or (2) Treasury and the Fed are busy.

We’ll see how this plays out.

CA....


14 posted on 08/24/2015 6:44:30 AM PDT by Chances Are (Seems I've found that silly grin again....)
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To: oh8eleven

Record one day drop is 777 in 1987.


15 posted on 08/24/2015 6:45:15 AM PDT by pabianice (LINE)
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To: C19fan

The Obama socialist economy -
stock market crash, check
wage stagflation, check
healthcare cost skyrocket, check
no significant job growth, check
higher taxes, check
more government handouts, check
middle class suffering, check
golbal unrest and the rise of terrorism, check
government corruption with the IRS, Hillary’s emails, check


16 posted on 08/24/2015 6:46:05 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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I’m not even in the market and that headline made me gasp out loud!


17 posted on 08/24/2015 6:46:29 AM PDT by VanDeKoik
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Thank you for providing another rational voice in the discussion.


18 posted on 08/24/2015 6:46:46 AM PDT by L,TOWM (Is it still too soon to start shooting? [No social transformation without representation])
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To: Drango

Get them by the wheelbarrow load.


19 posted on 08/24/2015 6:47:09 AM PDT by VanDeKoik
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To: C19fan

Don’t worry. Jim Cramer is on explaining it all.

He’ll save us!


20 posted on 08/24/2015 6:48:18 AM PDT by headstamp 2
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