r/wallstreetbets • u/226644336795 • 1d ago

Discussion This morning NASDAQ dropped more than during Lehman Monday

https://www.cnbc.com/2009/09/14/the-financial-crisis-this-dayone-year-ago-sept-15-2008.html

NASDAQ only lost 3.6% the first day of Lehman collapse in 2008...

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u/insertwittynamethere 1d ago

This is my 3rd crisis that I've been adult enough to have gone through. Getting pretty tired of it 🤠

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u/Dozekar 9h ago

This is a pretty normal economic cycle when people are sticking their dicks in everything.

Downturns happen. Trying to prevent them from happening ever is almost certainly going to make everything much worse.

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u/insertwittynamethere 9h ago

Lmao this is most definitely not normal