No one could have predicted that…. RT @maryclimer: Oh the Dow is crashing?
— Tina (@0402sgrl) November 7, 2012
Twitterers were greeted this morning by news of a plummeting Dow Jones Industrial average.
https://twitter.com/reneehulshof/status/266188029071343617
During the course of the morning, it continued to fall:
https://twitter.com/derekbrinker/status/266226682812329985
And fall:
https://twitter.com/HeathMayo/status/266187767078322176
And fall:
And the shoots of the Obama recovery due to last night's victory can be seen this morning, as the Dow is down 220 points.
— Sam Valley (@SamValley) November 7, 2012
And fall:
Obama Sell-Off Accelerates: Dow Drops 294 Points in Reaction to Obama Win http://t.co/TItdkT0X
— Matt Dawson (@SaintRPh) November 7, 2012
And fall:
https://twitter.com/BuzzFeedAndrew/status/266224489971462144
https://twitter.com/jwright118/status/266227220119441408
https://twitter.com/zerohedge/status/266213095620354048
The Dow Jones intraday drop is now 2.23% (and rising), greater than the biggest drop so far in 2012 record on June 1. The last time the market plunged as much: literally one year ago, or November 9, 2011. Sadly, it appears that one can’t have their Dow Jones Industrial Average and redistribute it too.
For many Twitterers, the news didn’t come as much of a shock. But it still hurt:
I see the DOW is not pleased today
— Kathi (@14Kathi) November 7, 2012
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Woke up to the Dow being down 310… #sh*tidontlike
— Ryan Berry (@chefryanberry) November 7, 2012
And now the DOW drops 300 points, a clear indication of how the next 4 years will be with Obama in the White House.
— Mara (@alerriebadger) November 7, 2012
The Dow is plunging and gas prices are going back up. I wonder why?
— Shane Vander Hart (@shanevanderhart) November 7, 2012
The dow is down 300 points today.. #imnotsayingimjustsaying
— Erica Brothers (@erica_brothers) November 7, 2012
Stocks getting slammed today, the Dow is down 310 points. This is moving #Forward? #FreeFalling
— Corey Calhoun (@coreyonradio) November 7, 2012
Dow Jones is down 300 points the day after an election. This is a ringing endorsement from Wall Street.
— Shane Lewis (@ESLEWIS21) November 7, 2012
https://twitter.com/AyyyOhh/status/266226057810698241
https://twitter.com/jjbarnhart/status/266227238381420544
https://twitter.com/NoahDmitri/status/266226975595692032
Dow's getting absolutely hammered today. #4MoreYears!
— Eric H. (@ericinva) November 7, 2012
So the Dow is down 299 points at noon! I don't know much about the stock market, but I'm educated enough to know this is not good. #forward
— Danielle Sofia ???? (@DSofia21) November 7, 2012
Dow under 13k, major selloff unemployment @ 8%, healthcare looming, tax the rich, fiscal cliff, major debt sounds like a #HEALTHYBIZCLIMATE
— Matthew J. Carlson (@MC_RhYnO81) November 7, 2012
Why is the DOW crashing? Maybe because more than half this country voted for a moron who hates business? Ya think? #tcot #P2
— RBe (@RBPundit) November 7, 2012
By its very nature, the stock market fluctuates. But the day after an anti-business, anti-free-market president won reelection, the Dow’s performance could prove to be a sobering — and frightening — preview of what’s to come if we don’t restore a pro-growth agenda.
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Update:
https://twitter.com/viewofadam/status/266287317369618432
Dow finishes down 313 points in worst day this year; B. of A. slides 7% http://t.co/6jjnkoxq
— MarketWatch (@MarketWatch) November 7, 2012
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