Dow down 31.5k,

[Oldem]

NASDAC down 13.9k, S&P 500 down 3900. Wall street must be more heavily invested in wind turbines than I thought.

[Squinch]

1. The Dow is only down 120.

[Laelth]

2. That can't be right. n/t

-Laelth

[Karma13612]

20. The dow is down .38%

You are right, the OP information is incorrect.

I nearly lost my lunch, my mind, and my entire retirement.

[januoro]

3. Your number is incorrect.

You're not even close. But that was down on 119, not 35,000.

[Celerity]

4. no

[11 Bravo]

5. Wouldn't that put it close to zero?

I believe they would have broken into local programming, were that the case.

[Shermann]

10. The Dow is down to ZERO???

That damn Green New Deal!

[Demovictory9]

21. lol

[left-of-center2012]

6. It's down about 120

Finishing at around 31,000.

[Jim__]

7. According to this DU post, Dow below 31.5.

here

[Maeve]

8. down TO 31,493.34 --little words are important

[Karma13612]

18. Very true. Nearly lost my lunch!! ... nt

[Blue_true]

35. I think some people almost lost more than their lunch, al on the same body.

A loss like that would have given close to a zero Dow. And soup lines would have popped up at 6pm.

[doc03]

9. NASDAQ down to 13865.36 -100.14 S&P down to 3913,97 -17.36. Come on that is

only .72% and .44% that is nothing.

[MineralMan]

11. Jebus! Oh wait...you left out words.

Proofread, dammit!

[OhZone]

12. Dow down to zero

More at 11.

[Stallion]

13. Words, Punctuation and Complete Sentences are so 20th Century

Probably ought to eliminate full names too-just a lot easier to tweet initials

[Squinch]

14. You should delete this. It's wrong. And it's been pointed out a dozen times now.

[A HERETIC I AM]

15. Oh look! A record close!

There’s always a record high, but zero would most certainly be a record low!

[obamanut2012]

16. Delete this OP! 100% misinformation!!!

[Oldem]

17. I'm reading from the CNBC screen.

The Dow Jones average is -31,493.34. That's -38% from yesterday.
The NASDAQ is 13,865.36 in the red. The change is -72% from yesterday.
The S&P 500 is -3913.97 or down 44% from yesterday.

Interpret those numbers as you choose. They are the numbers. They aren't materially different from those I originally posted.

I meant to make a joke about wind turbines, which obviously wasn't funny. Instead, I got criticized for writing sentence fragments. I was an English teacher for thirty-four years, and I do know how to write a sentence. I've seen the same sort of thing on this forum, without comment. I'll be on my very best grammatical behavior, hereafter.

[11 Bravo]

19. It was the minus sign that did it.

The OP was misleading. When you fuck up, cop to it.

[Karma13612]

23. And the decimal points are missing as well...nt

[Oldem]

26. The OP used the word "down," not a minus sign.

My more recent post used minus signs. To my mind, they say the same thing.

I really think there's a misunderstanding, possibly mine as I have little stock market expertise. I was merely copying numbers. Some responders to the OP clearly saw different numbers than I did o CNBC. I can't explain the discrepancy.

[Karma13612]

22. The Dow is not down

A full 38% from yesterday. It is down 0.38% from yesterday. Not 38%

It’s the decimal place that will get ya every time!!

[Oldem]

27. I have not done anything brazenly, much less lied.

If I've erred, it has been an honest, and possibly stupid, mistake. I frequent this forum because of the understanding and collegiality. I've received the benefit of neither, here. I will not brook being called a liar. (Notice, for future reference, that I have not returned your post with a similar slur.) So I'm out. Any further responses will be to the ether.

[Celerity]

29. to paraphrase Secretary Pete, I may not be a master fisherman, but I know bait when I see it

[11 Bravo]

30. I think a basic misunderstanding led to a pile on, and I regret that.

You must admit that the OP appeared to state that the DOW was down 31,000 points.
And rightly or wrongly, low post count offerings are often viewed with extra skepticism.
Having followed this thread, I believe that I understand what you were attempting to say, and that any claim that you lied is, at least to me, unfounded.
I hope you come back, and try again.

[Celerity]

31. it was due to the fact they were shown that their info was incorrect and they still doubled down

and repeated it, with more disinfo, down thread

[11 Bravo]

32. The poster responded once to indicate what the CNBC screen portrayed.

That was the extent of the "doubling down".

I often watch CNBC, and they do employ a dash in front of market numbers; but without thinking, I jumped in to attack the OP as as well.

Then I thought it over.

His or her second post was to say Alpha Mike Foxtrot. And I don't really blame them.

YMMV

[Celerity]

34. here (after they were shown by multiple posters that their info was wrong)

they repeat it and double down, adding more incorrect info that clearly shows they did not make a simple error (like leaving out 'TO' as in 'down to' )

[Oldem]

33. Thanks, Bravo. You caught me on the way out the door. I'll think about it,

and if I post again, I'll much more circumspect. And, btw, how does one achieve a high post count without posting to an audience that views those posts with suspicion. I'm in my eighth decade, and I feel like the kid who can't get hired because he has no experience and can't get experience because nobody will hire him.

[ProfessorGAC]

25. Buy A Calculator

You desperately need one.

[madaboutharry]

28. This post is irresponsible.

Actually it’s ridiculous.