and I responded by saying check the link because it had 2 tables side by side: the 20 biggest point drops in DJIA history, and the 20 biggest percentage drops in DJIA history.
Yesterday's 2300 point drop became the new #1 all time biggest loss, and became the #4 all time biggest percentage loss.
Satan (impatiently) to Newcomer: The trouble with you Chicago people is, that you think you are the best people down here; whereas you are merely the most numerous.
- - - Mark Twain, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's New Calendar" 1897