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Dow tumbles nearly 3,000 points -- worst point drop in history (Original Post) CatWoman Mar 2020 OP
Beating Trump's record set last week. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2020 #1
Point drop announcements should be outlawed. Of course it was the biggest... LAS14 Mar 2020 #2
that's CNN's banner right now CatWoman Mar 2020 #5
Right. And they should clean up their act. Mind you... LAS14 Mar 2020 #7
today had to have felt like a triple bogey Under The Radar Mar 2020 #3
Trump should give his concession speech. C_U_L8R Mar 2020 #4
Trump was never legit rockfordfile Mar 2020 #9
The "Trump economy" has been bad for me. Laelth Mar 2020 #6
The Drumpfster Fire likes to Be Best. Congrats, Chump, for once Hassler Mar 2020 #8
European markets at 9:31p est, not doing well. Overall down roughly 4%. empedocles Mar 2020 #10

LAS14

(13,783 posts)
2. Point drop announcements should be outlawed. Of course it was the biggest...
Mon Mar 16, 2020, 09:01 PM
Mar 2020

... in history. The Dow itself is way bigger than it has ever been. It's the percentage that counts.

LAS14

(13,783 posts)
7. Right. And they should clean up their act. Mind you...
Mon Mar 16, 2020, 09:06 PM
Mar 2020

... I'm not at all saying it's not crazy news. But they should state it in terms of percentages. We all need to learn to be smart about statistics, and using raw numbers here teaches us the wrong thing.

Under The Radar

(3,401 posts)
3. today had to have felt like a triple bogey
Mon Mar 16, 2020, 09:02 PM
Mar 2020

Don’t you think that he just knew his 3:00 press conference today was going to send the markets back into the sky? It dropped an additional 1000.

Laelth

(32,017 posts)
6. The "Trump economy" has been bad for me.
Mon Mar 16, 2020, 09:04 PM
Mar 2020

I am far poorer now than I was when Agent Orange took office. Now that the rich people are feeling the pain a little, perhaps they will do something about this menace that they inflicted upon us.

-Laelth

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