Monday, November 24, 2008

Something NOT to laugh about

List of Biggest Two-Day Dow Advances: New Entry

In case you were thinking "Good, this has been a huge two-day advance in the Dow", you're right. It has been a huge two-day advance in the Dow index. Here is the top fifteen list of all-time two-day advances in the index, including today. Today is highlighted in dark yellow, and note that every entry above it, except one, came during the Great Depression.

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Note that until the Dow lost 200 points in the closing minutes of trading, we were up more than 13% over the two days, which had us in the top ten. Nevertheless, the point stands.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

It's all about volatility. I think once Obama gets into office there is going to be a change(yep pun implied) in the markets. Not that Obama is going to do anything special. There will just be greater confidence that something will be done other than just bailouts. I mean look at Bush, he has not done much to quell the fears, in fact I think he just fans the flames when he opens his mouth, and there has been little action other than a 700 billion dollar bailout that seems to be used then not used. Can you explain to me why Citigroup should get 20 billion and not Detroit? I mean I think neither should get the money but where do you draw the line?