The Wall Street Journal has some great charts today that I think are important for historical reference:
The worst market slumps in the past 100 years

Top 10 Point Drops in the Dow

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The eyes of everyone from investment managers to stock and currency traders were glued to testimony of the 3 biggest players in the latest financial crisis. US Treasury Secretary Paulson, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and SEC Chairman Cox urged the Senate Banking Committee to approve their request for $700B of taxpayer money. Instead [...]

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The volatility that we have seen in the currency, stock and bond markets this past week has not been for the faint of heart. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 500 points on Monday, but instead of continuing lower over the course of the week, it staged the biggest 2 day rally in 5 [...]

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On Friday, the Dow hitting 10,000 still seemed to be a remote possibility, but today, that is starting to become a reality. We have warned on near daily basis about the danger of carry trades. Although the EUR/USD’s reaction to the systemic risk in the financial markets was not as clear, there was a clearly [...]

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The US dollar has been quietly trended higher since the European trading session.The EUR/USD hit a high of 1.4768 shortly after the London open but ended the US session near its daily lows.Although this strength was also seen against many of the other major currencies, the dollar failed to rally against the Japanese Yen.This weakness [...]

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