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rupert1234 on March 16, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Dow Falls 2997 points worst drop since 1987 crash

In 08/09 the market felt this bad, and ended up worse. S&P went from 1576 to 666 iirc. That's almost 60% down. We are only about 30% down now.

gentle on March 17, 2020 [–]

You're absolutely right and this is what most of the "buy the dip" idiots don't understand.

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