The Dow is down -500 at present (9:42 AM CST) at 9829 or somewhere around there.

Bailout to save Main street?

NOT!

Black Monday?



There is some improvement and the Dow is now up to -440. Funny it's UP to a negative number! 10:00 AM CST

It keeps moving between -445 and -415. 10:08 AM CST

I was busy writing my comment about the psychotic kid that killed 14 smaller reptiles at the zoo and fed them to the alligator at the same zoo...(crazy) when I glanced up and noticed the Dow is back near the -500 mark. gulp! 10:53 AM CST

The Dow is now -530 11:40 AM CST.

The Dow is now -560 at 11:47 AM CST. I've been wondering since the opening bell if it would dropped -600 today. We shall see. 11:47 AM CST

It's fluctuating between -520 and -530 the past few minutes. 11:55 AM CST

It currently is hovering around -500 to -490. It's low so far today was -587. Whatever it does, it doesn't appear that this will be the bottom. 12:25 PM CST.

The dow is at -547. 12:38 PM CST

Yup, It broke the -600 mark and dropped to -607. It's at -583 right now. 12:52 PM CST.

New low -629 1:09 PM CST

-650, new low. 1:19 PM CST. Will it dip below -700? Just hit -674, so maybe it will.

-698 1:25

It dropped under -700. It is now at -718 1:26 PM CST.

-733 1:28 PM CST

-750, another new low. Will we see -800? 1:33 PM CST.

It climbed up to around -693 and slipped back to -730something up to -720, then -725, now -741 1:41 PM CST.

WOW! I was tied up on business for about 50 minutes and the Dow went flying up. It's at -426 right now, shortly before close. Let's see what happens in the next 20 minutes. 2:32 PM CST.

-370 right now. 2:52 PM CST.

-311 2:55 PM CST

DOW 10021.77 -304.17 Closing Bell. 3:00 PM CST

Lots of new lows today. DOW 9955.50 -369.88 More lows tomorrow?