DJIA futures settled at 22,350

[Recursion]

That's... ummm... a bit lower than the closing price yesterday.

[lapfog_1]

1. hey, what's 1200 points.

every day for like weeks.

[bearsfootball516]

2. Hoooly shit

[Recursion]

3. Good time to be a worker making regular contributions, though

This month's contribution will wind up being worth a lot

[exboyfil]

4. 30% equities/5%-6% down

It is hard though watching retirement money that could last a year go up in smoke.

Glad I didn't follow Trump's advice and have my portfolio in something yielding 50%. Buying throughout Trump's Presidency would have been very expensive.

[Andy823]

5. Every time trump opens is fat mouth

to explain what is going on with the virus, the markets go down, again! The WH should put him into a drug induced coma to keep him from causing more damage!

[BumRushDaShow]

6. Looks like they opened around -1655

(my 60,000th post too )

[mahatmakanejeeves]

10. Congrats on number 60,000, but too bad about your TSP. NT

[BumRushDaShow]

12. Don't have TSP

Am on CSRS-offset (hoping the SS part will still be around when I move to that).

[TexasTowelie]

7. Starting off down 1635 points at 21,917. nt

[drray23]

8. Do when president Obama finished his term we were around 18000 or so.

Trump might yet manage to get back there, erase his presidency.

[BumRushDaShow]

9. AND... the circuit breakers have kicked in

Dow plummets after Trump’s coronavirus travel ban fails to calm investors

Wall Street suspends trading for second time this week after S&P 500 plunges 7 percent. The New York Stock Exchange triggered the forced 15-minute trading halt known as a circuit breaker to stop the free-fall and give traders time to recalibrate. The rarely used lever comes as the coronavirus’s accelerating spread has rattled global markets for weeks.

The Dow Jones industrial averageplunged nearly 1,700 points at the open Thursday following President Trump’s announcement that he would restrict all travel from Europe for 30 days to stem the spread of coronavirus.

The 7 percent dive comes on a frenetic week of trading that tipped the Dow into a bear market, reflecting a 20-percent fall from the all-time high it set in mid February. The Standard & Poor’s 500 and Nasdaq tumbled more than 5 percent.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/03/12/markets-live-updates-coronavirus-economy/

[mahatmakanejeeves]

11. Here's what we're watching in the markets today. #WSJWhatsNow

President Trump’s speech announcing travel restrictions from Europe rocked markets, with airline stocks under particular pressure during the coronavirus pandemic. Here’s what we’re watching in the markets today. #WSJWhatsNow

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