Dow dips below 200
Stocks dipped below 200 points in quiet trading today as investors appeared to adopt a wait-and-see approach to the range of options the Federal Reserve has laid out to inject the sluggish credit markets with a dose of much-needed confidence.
The only on-line way I could see to reach them quickly was to use their "news tips" email address, so I emailed them a message with the following subject line: "News tip: AJC causes stock crash and panic"
In my message, I pointed out to them that there's a difference between dropping 200 points and dipping below 200 points. (Basically, there's a more than 7,000-point difference.) I suggested they might want to correct their message. Soon.
Honestly. If they're going to mail you "news alerts," they could make an effort to get them right.
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2 comments:
Oh man that is a huge difference. Did they correct it?
Not yet. I think they're playing dumb. They've emailed a later alert that says "Dow off nearly 300 on new Fed warning." I think they'll just go forward and perhaps pretend they don't have anything to correct.
I got an automated reply from their site. It'll be interesting to see if I later get an actual note from them about the error. In the meantime, maybe they'll pay more attention to what they're saying.
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