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Biggest by absolute value or by percent?

• andys627 9y ago
  absolute
• StriverGuy 9y ago
  Absolute value. Not even close in percentage drops (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Monday_(1987) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Monday_(1987))
• deleted 9y ago
  [deleted]
• matwood 9y ago
  It's a great question, because point drops are not a very useful metric.
  • fullshark 9y ago
    Yeah i expect this record to be shattered multiple times in my lifetime.
    • sokoloff 9y ago
      I hope [this point record] is shattered many times. Otherwise, I've died young or the market hasn't grown much over my remaining ~40 years of life...
• chatmasta 9y ago
  These days you can assume any number in a headline is as big as the editor could reasonably make it without violating too many technicalities.