Did I really just read

**pvfan** · September 15th, 2008, 04:55 PM

That the Dow fell 500 points today?

**burton2019** · September 15th, 2008, 04:58 PM

http://money.cnn.com/2008/09/15/mark...ex.htm?cnn=yes

Is this a first?

**pvfan** · September 15th, 2008, 05:01 PM

$4 dollar a gallon gas and now the worst one day loss since the reopening of the markets after 9-11. How anybody can say our economy is not that bad is living in a dream world imo.

**pvfan** · September 15th, 2008, 05:03 PM

If I had stock in Lehman I'd be throwing a fit today. Feds can go bail out Freddie and Fanny but say the hell with Lehman? Days like today make me think my money is better off rolled up in a sock.

**centennialdawg** · September 15th, 2008, 05:08 PM

It closed down, over 500 points. And oil closed at just a little over 94 bucks a barrel and we are paying more now for gas than we did when it was 147 a barrel.....GO FIGURE!!

**pvfan** · September 15th, 2008, 05:10 PM

Which is why I have driven absolutely no where since Saturday. It's bad when you see somebody my size walking around.

September 15th, 2008, 05:10 PM

Bush-a-nomics.

**1inStripes** · September 15th, 2008, 05:15 PM

It just shows the irresponsiblity of banks for the last 20 years. Now everyone has to pay for it.

**pvfan** · September 15th, 2008, 05:16 PM

AIG stock dropped over 50% today as well? The more I read on this the better it gets.......

**1inStripes** · September 15th, 2008, 05:18 PM

As for the oil industry, the sad part is, its local businesses taking the biggest advantage of it ( I dont just mean this area) versus big corporations. The production in the gulf was down 77% last week because of the hurricane. Its not like all the petro for the US was stopped or anything. Thats a minor part of our total amounts.