This has to be the biggest one day loss I ever had

[Beaglemom3 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Beaglemom3]

I am Down 6.53 % GE was my main loser

I've held that for years, too, BF and it has remained mostly steady with decent dividends. Of course, things can turn on a dime.
Time for Cramer tonight !

[ArtsieAng Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close ArtsieAng]

I am Down 6.53 % GE was my main loser

GE....Oh no, I have GE.

[wackymother Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close wackymother]

On days like this, I don't even look.

[bigfrank Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close bigfrank]

I've held that for years, too, BF and it has remained mostly steady with decent dividends. Of course, things can turn on a dime.
Time for Cramer tonight !

GE....Oh no, I have GE.

Do your selves a favor and do not look unless you want to get a bargain and buy more so you can lose more on another day. I have had it with trying to figure this market out. Best is just buy a good paying Div stock and hold it.

[ArtsieAng Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close ArtsieAng]

Do your selves a favor and do not look unless you want to get a bargain and buy more so you can lose more on another day. I have had it with trying to figure this market out. Best is just buy a good paying Div stock and hold it.

I'm not looking. I know that it would be too depressing.

[bnoble Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close bnoble]

IMO If you have cash sitting and waiting to get back in today is the day to get back in.

As it happens, I mailed a couple of nicely-sized checks to my kids' 529 accounts today. They should arrive in a day or two....

[vintner Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close vintner]

Don't look, GE is even worse than BF said.

[ArtsieAng Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close ArtsieAng]

Don't look, GE is even worse than BF said.

Dow plunges more than 500 points at closing, yikes!

[4ARedOctober Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close 4ARedOctober]

We discussed this in a previous thread....we were waiting for the other shoe to drop....the insurers. We discussed this remember? It took longer to happen then I expected.

There are ways to play the market up and down. Why most people only bet it is going up is beyond me. One can make more money and faster when it goes down.....FEAR is more powerful than greed.

I hope you all kept some powder dry so you can buy. When everyone panics and its doom and gloom is when I get excited.

For our long term mutual funds and 529 plans....its just dollar cost averaging and don't stop now....now is when we make up for when we bought closer to the highs. It averages out to a decent return. Highs and lows are hard to pick....very hard.

[Ryne08 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Ryne08]

Re: Lehman

"A stock broker is one who invests other people’s money until its all gone.”
-Woody Allen,

Hence the word, "broker" ?

Bad, bad day. The worst since the big 500 drop back in the '80s.

You are so correct. Looks like my broker is not earning his keep!!!!!!!

Down 4.5% today and about 12% for the year and the year has not ended.

[wackymother Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close wackymother]

Looks like my broker is not earning his keep!!!!!!!

Alas, they're brokers, not psychics.

[vintner Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close vintner]

This is a tough week, "triple witching". There is more activity on these quarterly weeks of options expiring. May be an active last half of the week.

[Icc5 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Icc5]

Down 10.25

I've made a bundle on paper in the past as a buy and hold person for the past 25 years but today got me as I dropped 10.25 and on paper lost more today than I paid for my first house. A huge amount of it is from BAC which is also what I have made most of my money from over the years.
The one good thing with BAC is I'm still way up over what I origanly paid for it and the dividends alone have paid for it about 8 times over.
Bart

[dmbrand Member Find all posts View Profile Close dmbrand]

What's that old saying?

We have an opportunity to buy land...after today, I think we'll take it!

[bigfrank Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close bigfrank]

I am Down 6.53 % GE was my main loser

It still went down after market now I am at -6.98% down for the day