Who else is glued to the DOW?

[slow99]

Dow...the market? What is something happening?

[Denny]

Dow...the market? What is something happening?

Not as much as the media made it out to be, as usual. LOL

[Sean88gt]

Dow...the market? What is something happening?

Today would have been a great day to call in sick

[Denny]

Today would have been a great day to call in sick

Geithner did

[mustangguy289]

Also keep checking this: http://www.oil-price.net/

[Sean88gt]

Geithner did

Count Blackula will cover for him.

[kingjason]

What is the cut off where they stop trading? I would think they lose 500 easy today.

[mustangguy289]

What is the cut off where they stop trading? I would think they lose 500 easy today.

There is a cutoff?

[kingjason]

There is a cutoff?

Yeah if it drops to fast or something they shut it down I thought. I could be wrong I am not an expert.

[Saleen781]

I just bought 390 more shares of Ford at $10.17, it was at 12.++ last week and it will go back up quickly.....I hope.

[kingjason]

On October 19, 1987, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) dropped 508 points, a 22.6% loss in a single day, the second-biggest one-day drop the exchange had experienced, prompting officials at the exchange to invoke for the first time the "circuit breaker" rule to halt all trading. This was a very controversial move and led to a quick change in the rule; trading now halts for an hour, two hours, or the rest of the day when the DJIA drops 10, 20, or 30 percent, respectively. In the afternoon, the 10% and 20% drops will halt trading for a shorter period of time, but a 30% drop will always close the exchange for the day. The rationale behind the trading halt was to give investors a chance to cool off and reevaluate their positions. Black Monday was followed by Terrible Tuesday, a day in which the Exchange's systems did not perform well and some people had difficulty completing their trades.

[slow99]

What is the cut off where they stop trading? I would think they lose 500 easy today.

500 is nowhere near the cutoff. First cutoff is 10 percent.

[SMKR]

I'm not

I'm digging my bunker

[Binky]

There are curbs at 10, 20 and 30% where they will pause trading. 30% loss will close trading (which is liek 3300 points)

[AdamLX]

Let's see what happens after the President speaks in about 30 minutes to tell us "times are tough, but we will prevail."