Sunday, August 07, 2011

Reminder: Stock Market Circuit Breakers at the Ready!

Ask 100 people, and 100 people will say that the stock market is going to crash tomorrow. $SPY $QQQ

It's all but certain, right? Well, maybe. Remember just last Sunday when a debt ceiling deal was all but imminent, and the futures were up huge? How'd that one work out?

Anyway, here's a reminder on how the stock market circuit breakers work from Forbes.

stock market circuit breakers

And this is all a result of the 2010 Flash Crash. Remember that, Apple fans?

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It's Sunday. I'm out on the patio with the puppy. She's out chewing dirt or something while I surf the iPad and read the pessimistic tweets and blogs!

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