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http://money.cnn.com/2010/05/20/markets/markets_newyork/
Stocks plunge as fear spikes
By Alexandra Twin, senior writerMay 20, 2010: 4:16 PM ET
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Stocks got pummeled Thursday, with the Dow, Nasdaq and S&P 500 losing enough to fall into "correction territory" - marked by a drop of more than 10% off the rally highs.
Worries that the European debt crisis and slump in the euro might spark a second leg down for the global economy fueled the selling, extending the recent declines.
The Dow Jones industrial average (INDU) fell 376 points, or 3.6%, closing just above its lows.
The Nasdaq (COMP) fell 94 points, or 4.1% and the S&P 500 (SPX) declined 43 points, or 3.9%.
The market had cut losses in the afternoon as the euro gained ground against the dollar, but stocks reversed course and ended just above their lows after the Wall Street reform bill cleared a key hurdle in the Senate that all but assures its passage.
Here's a look at what was moving stocks near the close:
The CBOE Volatility index, the VIX (VIX), Wall Street's fear gauge, spiked 25% to a 14-month high of 44.25. The VIX had touched 45.21 earlier.
"With the jobless data and weakness out of the European markets, stocks are down again," said Steven Goldman, market strategist at Weeden & Co.
"There's a heightened sense of nervousness and markets look to be testing the lows of two weeks ago, when we had the mini-crash," he said.