Quote of the Day: Summing Up That Wacky Dow Dive

Heather Horn May 8, 2010
"You know, capitalism and free trade generally make a lot of sense. But our current method of allocating capital--Wall Street being the big mover in that process--keeps finding new ways to make itself look dangerously insane."

- Joel Mathis on the terrifying 1,000-point Dow drop Thursday afternoon. Business analysts still aren't quite sure how it happened, despite talk of a typo being to blame.

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