Black Monday 1987: History of Wall Street

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Commentary: On this day 23 years ago, the stock market crashed
 
By MarketWatch

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (MarketWatch) — Today is a somber anniversary for anyone who is at least 45 years old.

And while anyone younger than that probably doesn’t remember what happened on Oct. 19, 1987, since they were not yet out of college, they should also study what happened on what came to be known as Black Monday. This includes most mutual fund managers, by the way.

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U.S. stock indexes falter as Wall Street Frets About Economy

Image via CrunchBase Here is today's story from Marketwatch which pretty much sums up the economy as a whole right now. Most BioPharma Stocks are down for today. When they do well they tend to do really well but just not today. Monday showed investor's fear as job data comes out Friday. No Jobs = No Recovery

Market Snapshot for Monday August 30th, 2010.