Thursday - February 4, 2010
THAT'S GOLD
by Choire
 

Words Like "Chaos," "Plunging," "Everyone's Freaking Out" and "Freefall" Appear on Finance Sites  @12:45 PM

Today's exciting market plunge, with massive selling at open, appears to have hit bottom, but that was neat. (Also, may I point out that people are now using the phrase "a deteriorating jobs market" so very soon after they were using the phrase "end of the recession"?) 19

Tuesday - May 5, 2009
Profit Takers
by Choire
 

Sell Some Stocks Now, Say Rich People  @12:45 PM

There's big profit-taking market moves during the mini-rally! CEOs and chairmen are selling the holy bejeesus out of their stocks. For one, Jeff Bezos cashed in for $65 million on Amazon—somewhere near 1% of his Amazon stock holdings—and then sold some more, three days later. 3

Tuesday - April 7, 2009

Dow 7839  @10:40 AM

Dow 7839.

That's down 136 in the first 70 minutes of trading. But! Citi up nearly 5%…. to $2.85. Heh. 0