Stocks Off Sharply as Market Upheaval Grows
It's hard for me to tell whether this is just a "correction" (massive deflation after exuberance) or an actual meltdown. I had predicted the actual meltdown for September of 2015, but I guess this is pretty close. I wonder how this will affect my life, if at all.<p>"The New York Stock Exchange said it will halt trading for 15 minutes if the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index drops 7 percent." [0]<p>How is it fair that the markets get put on pause if they're failing? I really don't understand.<p>[0]:<a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-08-24/nyse-will-suspend-stock-trading-if-s-p-500-index-plunges-7-" rel="nofollow">http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-08-24/nyse-will-...</a>