With the S&P 500 now resting comfortably above 2300, it seems almost incomprehensible that on this day just eight years ago the S&P dipped to its intraday financial crisis low of 666. The connotation of the number was chillingly representative of the terror that was rampant on Wall Street at the time. The fear that coincided with the worst part of the market sell-off transcended those related to portfolio returns and retirement plans. On March 6, 2009, Americans were concerned that the U.S. economy was collapsing.
Traders and money managers remember the chaos on Twitter each year on this date.
Yahoo Finance editor Sam Ro remembers watching multiple people “talking about the end of capitalism” on CNBC that day.
I remember watching CNBC and multiple people were talking about the end of capitalism. https://twitter.com/ReformedBroker/status/838732149540859905 …
Ritholtz Wealth pointed out that the Dow Jones Industrial Average had given up 54.4 percent of its 2007 high, eliminating more than half of the wealth invested in its stocks.
Ritholtz CEO Josh Brown tweeted and blogged that is simply “felt like the end.”
I remember watching CNBC and multiple people were talking about the end of capitalism. https://twitter.com/ReformedBroker/status/838732149540859905 …
It was a Friday. The Dow hit 6469, a level it hadn’t seen since April 1997, after falling 14 of its last 19 sessions. No one rang a bell. https://twitter.com/RitholtzWealth/status/838723121364484096 …
The memory of the market bottom unquestionably left a lasting impression on every investor. Eight years later, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust SPY 0.13% is…
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