And, yes, I DO take it personally: Dow at 7243.73 at noon today, down -121.94 [UPDATE]

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And, yes, I DO take it personally

Monday, February 23, 2009

Dow at 7243.73 at noon today, down -121.94 [UPDATE]

once again, i am sitting in kabul on monday night, 9 1/2 hours ahead of u.s. east coast time, watching the dow plunge... i'll update this post in the morning when i get up which will be approximately five hours after wall street's closing bell...

[UPDATE]

holy shit...! i knew it was going to continue to fall, but i wasn't expecting THIS...!

7,114.78, down -250.89

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