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Worst Day on Wall Street Since 9/11!
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John Del Signore
Published Sep 15, 2008
Modified Sep 15, 2008
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The Dow Jones industrial average lost over 500 points today, the biggest one-day decline for the Dow since Sept. 17, 2001, when the market reopened for trading after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. "You have to throw out the history books because there's really nothing to compare this to," Jim Dunigan, chief investment officer at PNC Advisors, tells CNN. Stephen Leeb, president at Leeb Capital Management, says, "People are panicked but it's not the end of capitalism. This may usher in something worse than what we've seen in terms of the economy, but the companies left standing at the end of this will be OK." Phew! The last half hour of trading saw heavy selling despite Governor Paterson's effort to calm investors by letting faltering insurance company A.I.G. borrow $20 billion from its subsidiaries. And a group of 10 banks have given up to $7 billion each to create a $70 billion lending pool to help smaller institutions.
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John Del Signore
Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.
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