The Dow Jones is set to record its worst quarter in more than 30 years as the U.S. economy slows down amid the coronavirus pandemic, marking a dramatic drop and stark contrast to analysts' and President Donald Trump's predictions at the start of 2020 that"the best is yet to come."
Tuesday marks the final day of the tumultuous first quarter, with the Dow tracking to record March as its worst month since the 2008 financial crisis and the index's worst quarter in 33 years—dating back to October 1987's"Black Monday" crash. Stock market analysts and the president began the quarter by touting the Dow's rise above 29,000, with the index of the country's 30-top performing companies hitting its highest-ever closing record of 29,551.42 on February 12.
The 2020 stock market crash started March 9, with the Dow falling a staggering 2,013.76 points to 23,851.02. But two more record-setting drops occurred that following week as coronavirus cases soared across the U.S. Several indexes including Standard and Poor's 500 futures and are on track to see their worst opening quarters in decades. The FTSE 100 Index, a share showing 100 companies on the London Stock Exchange, is also set to suffer its worst quarter since 1987 after falling 26 percent this year over COVID-19 fears. Last week, the S&P 500, the broadest measure of all stocks, fell below 2,264 points to wipe out all gains made since January 19, 2017—the day before Trump took office.
"11,000 points gained in the Dow in the 3 years since the Election of President Trump. Today it may hit 29,000. That has NEVER happened before in that time frame. That has added 12.8 Trillion Dollars to the VALUE of American Business."
Fuck the Dow!
And you couldn't be happier
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