Sunday, October 12, 2008

Take a Bow To Dow!....


We have seen financial panics before.
We have seen wealth erode before.
In, 1987,/, the Dow Jones , Industrial Average crashed from 2,641 on October 2nd to 1,739 on October 15th. That was a decline of -52%.In 2 weeks.
In 1998, the Dow Jones crashed from 9,338 on July 17th to 7,539 on August 31st.
That was a decline of -24%. In 6 weeks.
The current decline in the Dow is -49% from its peak of 14,093 established on October, 12, 2007. In 51 weeks.
If things are bad now, they were also pretty bad in 1987 and 1998 yet we survived as a species.


Source:
Equitymaster.com,

4 comments:

Bilwaj said...

Gaurav.... I think the most powerful are the unseen ones

Gaurav Shah said...

true..
This might be just the tip of the Iceberg!

Unknown said...

i dont know if this is relevant with the topic here..but at macro level the species almost always survives... its at the micro level where the actual pinch is felt :-)...i think u understand what i mean. ..
good work gaurav :-)

Gaurav Shah said...

True i totally agree!