Circuit-Breaker levels for Dow Jones Industrial Average

October 10, 2008 @ 10:08 am

My friend Jon has this link in his status about Circuit-Breaker levels for the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Basically, if the Dow Jones Industrial average falls beyond a certain point-level, all trading can be halted so that traders can get a better grasp of the information that is coming in and out and thus make a better informed decision about their stocks.

I’m sure people who follow the stock exchange know this already, but I didn’t, and now I do, and now I feel more complete.

Oh, did you hear? The Dow Jones and S&P Index fell about 8 percent this morning. We are living in great times.

Stock Market rollercoaster T-shirt from Neatorama

October 7, 2008 @ 2:26 am

Neatorama is selling this amusing stock market rollercoaster ride T-shirt for $9.95 USD. The image is representative of the perpetual plunge and rise of the stock market, most recently today when United States, European, and Asian markets all took a steep dive.

The worsening economic sitation in the US is causing some distress in families with children in high school going onto college because some banks have stopped giving out Stafford loans.

Anyway, I really like this T-shirt. I kinda want one, but you know, I’m all out of money to spend on frivolous tees like this.