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Sen. Christopher Dodd says it's just as important to act responsibly as it is to move hastily on legislation aimed at stabilizing the country's troubled financial markets.
Read the StoryMarkets Were 500 Trades From a Meltdown
By MICHAEL GRAY
Last updated: 6:20 am
Posted: 4:16 am
September 21, 2008
The market was 500 trades away from Armageddon on Thursday, traders inside two large custodial banks tell The Post.
Had the Treasury and Fed not quickly stepped into the fray that morning with a quick $105 billion injection of liquidity, the Dow could have collapsed to the 8,300-level - a 22 percent decline! - while the clang of the opening bell was still echoing around the cavernous exchange floor.
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Should we really care? After all, God has a plan......right?
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