How Bad Did The Stock Market Really Fall Yesterday?
Published on Tuesday, February 9, 2010 
They always talk about ups and downs. Is this really anything significant?
What was this woman upset about?http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Lehman-Bro…
What is a specialist working the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, and what does she do?
2 Comments
Comment by eeyorest
It was a huge fall in the stockmarket. The woman on the floor of the NYSE is upset because she works for Lehman Brothers, which closed it’s doors. She no longer has a job. On the same day, Merrill Lynch, another investment giant, became vulnerable and was purchased by Bank of America.
Rapid stock market declines like this are scary because it is a sign of the overall “stability” of the marketplace in the United States. Alone, it wouldn’t be so scary, but coupled with a 6.1% unemployment rate, and a large national debt, it indicates that the US is heading towards a financial disaster, like the Great Depression.
Comment by Timmy T
it fell like almost 5 percent…which is substantial