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And, yes, I DO take it personally: Dow down 358 points - the financial collapse continues in slo-mo
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Thursday, June 26, 2008

Dow down 358 points - the financial collapse continues in slo-mo

all the shit our media has been feeding us about "the worst being behind us" is strictly that - shit...
The Dow Jones industrial average fell 358.41 points, or 3.03 percent, to 11,453.42, its lowest level of the year, after a discouraging report predicted trouble ahead for some of the nation’s biggest brokerage firms.

The early sell-off in the financial sector helped push the blue-chip index down, and then accelerated late in the day. The index slipped below its value at the height of the Bear Stearns collapse, a moment that many investors thought would be the bottom of a painful year in the markets.

bring in on... let's get it the hell over with...

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