The strapline on the TV over the bar last night had some exciting news. Through the fumes of pure alcohol rising in wavy lines from the gin-soaked counter I made out the words “US stock market rises for second day in a row.” Wow… two whole days.
I don’t know if yesterday was particularly black but look at the dates in this chart of the worst days on the FTSE 100.
It’s like, how much more black could this be? The answer is none – none more black. And only a few years ago the Onion was looking into even more precious metals for credit card designations.
“black monday” stock market: 230,000 Google hits
“black tuesday” stock market 57,000
“black wednesday” stock market 15,900
“black thursday” stock market 27,300
“black friday” stock market 934,000
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