Down, Down, Down, Down, Down!

Der Schaden Freudes Itself

 Fred Imbert / CNBC:
Dow tumbles 500 points, erases gains for the year as October swoon continues  —  Stocks fell sharply in volatile trading on Wednesday as losses in tech and AT&T shares outweighed a post-earnings bounce in Boeing.  —  The Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 450 points as United Technologies and Caterpillar lagged.

The Guardian:   Dow Jones falls 600 points as market volatility continues - as it happened

 Matt Phillips / New York Times:

Slumping Stock Market Enters Negative Territory for the Year   Stocks dropped for the sixth consecutive session, wiping out this year's gains.  —  The stock market stumbled yet again on Wednesday, as the benchmark Standard & Poor's 500-stock index shed more than 3 percent despite solid earnings reports …

 Bloomberg:   Stock Rout Erases 2018 Gains for S&P, Dow Indexes: Markets Wrap

Not that I care; my portfolio is unaffected. Mostly an excuse to rub it in & play D.J., including embedding this extended jag-offery version of a song that seems to apply to every contemporary situation.