A worrying week on Wall Street - 19 Sept 08

The collapse of America's fourth largest investment banks and fears about the stability of other financial institutions have led to some on the most tumultuous days in Wall Street's history.

Al Jazeera's John Terrett reports on a week that has seen the Dow Jones index have its best and worst days in over half a decade.

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[oceanbound222]

The snake got bit !!

[nickvanzetti]

i hope the world market crashes hard!!! down with capitalism,and money.9-11 was done by the US government including osama and obama. b.s.

[mercedescl]

Am I right or not?

hahaha ... If you trust my investment advice, you can be a richer man than last year.

[MrSydneyKing]

Keep preaching doom and gloom you clowns. I'm riding the S&P500 to heaven!! Stay in cash, hahaha!!!

[pokeyyyyyyyyyy]

So i don't know why was he got re elected after 4 years of bull shit and he took a vacation during his 1st year in office.

Everyone was against him even in singapore screamed OH SHIT but he got elected anyway and there is noone to blame but the voters. So this election, i hope all people are registered to vote, not just for yourself but your decision is very important to the world.

[darwiish222]

The world will realize the robbery which USA carrying out all the countrys.the economy of USA is supported by the Islam Treasures.Now everyone we must accept that America is going down economically.Their military aggressions will stop when the financial pillars colapsed.Russa colapsed dramatical as it begun to hite Islams.Look the history of America it is full of massacre and destraction.You Americans do thing the world is afriad of you now but there is some thing forsing you to battle fields.

[conneaness]

When you think Wall Street was based in African slavery; that black people were the very first "commodity" on the Stock Exchange; it's hard not to be shocked that this system could end up like this. That (sadly) so many people could be hurt so severly.

[MoodyGroove]

Day traders are the scum of the Earth.

[zutroy1]

Oh really? the whole world is on the rebound? I hadn't noticed Merrill Lynch buying itself back from Bank of America.

And has Lehman brothers reopened?

I guess it must be a good week to buy into Washington mutual ... but just incase every expert actually is right, maybe I'll just hold on.