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Stocks plunge again

High school students scream on the Corkscrew roller coaster at Silverwood Theme Park in 2009. (File)
High school students scream on the Corkscrew roller coaster at Silverwood Theme Park in 2009. (File)

High school students scream on the Corkscrew roller coaster at Silverwood Theme Park in 2009.

NEW YORK — Stocks plunged worldwide today as more signs of economic weakness revived investors’ fears of another recession. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 400 points in a return to the wild swings in the market last week.

The intense selling started as soon as trading began, and the Dow was down 528 points shortly after the opening bell. The drop ended four days of relative calm in the stock market. Market strategists said investors were increasingly pessimistic about the economy.

It wasn’t just the day’s economic reports — warnings like this one added to the gloom: More.

I'm not a fan of rollercoasters. How concerned are you about the ever fluctuating Dow Jones?



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D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.