9,778.84.

[Occam Bandage]

I've lost $17,000 already.

[alcibiades_mystery]

1. BUY! Double down.

:-)

[Uzybone]

2. Bill Ayers;Turn the page;Jeremiah Wright;Turn the page

Bill Ayers;Turn the page;Jeremiah Wright;Turn the page
Bill Ayers;Turn the page;Jeremiah Wright;Turn the page
Bill Ayers;Turn the page;Jeremiah Wright;Turn the page

[LiberadorHugo]

3. Damn...

Now you can't afford to off selfish trolls like Trailer5533.

[high density]

4. Can we cut it out with the stock market threads?

Everybody with money in the market has losses at the moment, unrealized or realized. If you want to track it, http://finance.yahoo.com works wonders.

There's a thread in LBN if people have the urge to post every movement the index makes.

This is the presidential election forum.

[MadBadger]

7. And the dow has nothing to do with the Presidential Election

In the words of Clueless...>AS IF

[high density]

10. A second by second replay of the DJIA has no reason to be here

We know the stock market is tanking. Where it is at 10:55 AM or 10:56 AM or 10:57 AM does not matter.

[Occam Bandage]

9. This has far, far more to do with the Presidential election than gaffes or speeches.

Hell, I'd go so far as to say that this has more to do with the Presidential election than polling numbers do.

It's the economy, stupid.

[high density]

12. DJIA is not the "economy"

That's my whole problem with it. Yes, the trend downwards by about 25% over the past year is pointing to an obvious weakness in corporate America, but daily or hourly speculation on Wall St is given far too much attention by the media and this forum. If I wanted financial porn I would turn on CNBC.

[Occam Bandage]

13. Never said it was. It's simply one indicator, and a rather visible one.

[calmblueocean]

5. Wow. Although, you might regain a lot of that by the close of the day.

It's possible anyway.

[WeDidIt]

6. 10,000 was such a majorly psych out barrier

It could go down to 8000 this week.

[JohnMcCant2008]

8. My feelings exactly

[Marrah_G]

11. It's starting to rise again

Just hang on, it's going to be a crazy day.

I'd bring you a glass of wine if I could !

I'm thinking my boss is going to take a LONG lunch.

[Johnny2X2X]

14. Indicator

Unfortunately perception is reality and the perception in this country at this time is that how the Stock markets go, so goes the economy. In reality the Markets are just a small component when evaluating the economy. This coupled with the dismal job numbers reported last week have Americans terrified. It is especially shocking to people since they expected the Markets to rise after the Bail Out was passed. We were thinking this would reassure investors and allow for more optimistic speculation.

I know poor economic indicators at this time help Obama and hurt McCain, but this is the welfare of our Country we're talking about. I wish people would refrain a little from acting like cheerleaders for the impending collapse of the Economy. Its not something to be hoped for. People are losing their jobs, their homes, and their security. I fear this is just the start and this crisis will deepen further for the next 2 to 3 years. Some of the fundamental ways we do business in the Country need to be changed in order to recover and I haven't begun to see them being addressed yet. AS I type the markets are down 792 points. This means investors (the American people) have lost another $1.3 Trillion Dollars today. Thats not something to celebrate.