BIG DAYS DOWN..................

This is the worst plunge since 2008, and the sixth biggest crash in 

history:

16 out of 20 of these huge drops have occurred in the last decade. Is this a symptom of a healthy market? 

Largest daily point losses

 

Rank	Date	Close	Net Change	% Change
1	&2008-09-29	10,365.45	−777.68	−6.98
2	&2008-10-15	8,577.91	−733.08	−7.87
3	&2001-09-17	8,920.70	−684.81	−7.13
4	&2008-12-01	8,149.09	−679.95	−7.70
5	&2008-10-09	8,579.19	−678.91	−7.33
6	&2011-08-08	10,809.85	−634.76	−5.55
7	&2000-04-14	10,305.78	−617.77	−5.66
8	&1997-10-27	7,161.14	−554.26	−7.18
9	&2008-10-22	8,519.21	−514.45	−5.69
10	&2011-08-04	11,383.68	−512.76	−4.31
11	&1998-08-31	7,539.06	−512.62	−6.37
12	&2008-10-07	9,447.11	−508.39	−5.11
13	&1987-10-19	1,738.74	−508.00	−22.61
14	&2008-09-15	10,917.51	−504.48	−4.42
15	&2008-11-05	9,139.27	−486.01	−5.05
16	&2008-09-17	10,609.66	−449.36	−4.06
17	&2008-11-20	7,552.29	−444.99	−5.56
18	&2008-11-06	8,695.79	−443.48	−4.85
19	&2001-03-12	10,208.25	−436.37	−4.10
20	&2008-11-19	7,997.28	−427.47	−5.07

Gold – once again ignoring those who say it is in a bubble – rose 68