Today, the DJIA closed down -1,175 points below last Friday's -665 points. What does this mean? I don't know. I'm not an economist. Obviously there is some uncertainty going on.
What I CAN tell you... is that 1800 points is less than 2% of 26,000. But the financial news media would have you thinking that "The sky is falling" because it's the biggest POINT loss in a long time.
Let me help you: the LAST time the market closed an 777 point drop... was September 28th, 2008 - representing a 7% market correction.
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