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> In other news, the Dow is down 3% today. Doesn't sound as much like the end of the world as 530 points now does it?

A 3% daily drop is a pretty major daily drop in the Dow, so I'd say in the context of "drop in the Dow", either is quite significant.

In fact it's a huge deal because of the context. This was the worst week for the Dow in seven years and it indicates the US markets are joining the rest of the world in falling.

It's extremely rare for US indices to tumble like this and for it to not indicate negative economic problems are either here or inbound.

It all depends on your time scale...

http://i.imgur.com/uFfZM9p.png http://i.imgur.com/UCtgDhz.png http://i.imgur.com/BnFwxlL.png http://i.imgur.com/WVi72n4.png

that said, i have zero faith in wallstreet, our economy, or our government.

I would like to see an index where points are weighted by price drop and total value of all shares of the stock. That would make things a little more accurate.

^ Spotted the guy who doesn't save for retirement.