3pm: dow drops below 9,000

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It looks to me that there was a massive selloff as the DOW30 dropped below 9,000. Probably algo trades, and then momentum trades, but we are down and still going down, currently down 657 points, and still dropping...
 
Dow Jones Industrial Average $DJI:Dow Jones Global Indexes
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8,600.53 Arrow Down-657.57   -7.10% 1,359,753,000 Last Trade as of 3:49 PM ET 10/9/08 Trade Add to Watchlist
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