#BlackMonday: What the Dow’s 1,000-point plunge looked like on Twitter
How a wild day on Wall Street unfolded in tweets
Wall Street went on a wild ride Monday as the Dow Jones Industrial Average plummeted more than 1,000 points shortly after the opening bell amid news of a Chinese share sell-off before climbing more than 800 points (to -212 points) by midday.
Wall Street in free-fall, Dow slides 1,000 points as traders ditch stocks http://t.co/83HPhEO54B pic.twitter.com/CR2XcWq4Oa
— Yahoo Finance (@YahooFinance) August 24, 2015
Reaction to the free fall was seen on Twitter, as the hashtag #BlackMonday “the Dow” spent most of the morning trending in the United States.
It's already a brutal day. This is what the Dow looked like shortly after the open: http://t.co/yumiCwbDLr pic.twitter.com/Ns5w9hy3An
— CNN (@CNN) August 24, 2015
Twitter users tried their best to make light of the market meltdown.
Stocks open for trading. pic.twitter.com/DXjtIAz78v
— Jeff Macke (@JeffMacke) August 24, 2015
Candid snap shot of Wall Street. #BlackMonday pic.twitter.com/Ul5y8ziGKj
— Meg (@sassylibrarian1) August 24, 2015
The Dow is dropping almost as fast as Deez Nuts
— Jared Keller (@jaredbkeller) August 24, 2015
Jim Cramer's not handling #BlackMonday very well, you guys. pic.twitter.com/8QPACUmp6k
— side-eye spice (@goldengateblond) August 24, 2015
ME: sell everything, sell it all!BROKER: what?ME: sell, damn you!BROKER: who is this?ME: is this not the number for the stock market?
— Simon Maloy (@SimonMaloy) August 24, 2015
September Fed hike still totally on the table. This table. pic.twitter.com/RsPw1PQ46Q
— Pedro da Costa (@pdacosta) August 24, 2015
Me, looking at my 401K right now. #BlackMonday pic.twitter.com/W5QqFuF1W9
— Anup Kaphle (@AnupKaphle) August 24, 2015
Amazed the mere prospect of a Trump presidency wasn't enough to keep markets stable.
— Hunter Walker (@hunterw) August 24, 2015
Facebook down 12%Apple down 10%Google down 7%MSFT down 6% What would McConaughey do? #BlackMonday pic.twitter.com/zBWFcvW6Qt
— Michael Bornstein (@mikebornstein) August 24, 2015
Others pointed to silver linings.
On Black Monday in 1987, the Dow fell 22%. That would be about 3,700 points from today's open.
— Nick Timiraos (@NickTimiraos) August 24, 2015
Wow, the Dow Jones average is up 600 points in less than an hour this morning! #glasshalffull
— Kurt Andersen (@KBAndersen) August 24, 2015
BUY GOLD pic.twitter.com/NIzbpLzd9q
— Adam Smith (@asmith83) August 24, 2015
Former U.S. treasury secretary Lawrence Summers didn’t exactly help quell the panic.
As in August 1997, 1998, 2007 and 2008 we could be in the early stage of a very serious situation.
— Lawrence H. Summers (@LHSummers) August 24, 2015
Nor did TDAmeritrade.
People Can’t Log Into Their @TDAmeritrade Accounts And Are Freaking Out (📷: @Saintel) http://t.co/xRp9JoQE73 pic.twitter.com/5DfIrZoXHP
— BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) August 24, 2015
Some were simply looking for a diversion — any diversion — to take their minds off the sell-off.
RT: This #BlackMonday, keep your spirits high with these cuddly #Panda babies http://t.co/IYdyjagS3S via @boredpanda pic.twitter.com/pDih2s5v2Q
— Enviro. Media Assoc. (@green4EMA) August 24, 2015
Well, at least waffles are having a good day. http://t.co/mstkvb4rY6?
— Ben Greenman (@bengreenman) August 24, 2015
