Today, March 20, 2026, the Dow Jones Industrial average shed 443.96 points, or 0.96%, ending at 45,577.47.

Not even 1% drop despite all that bombing and mayhem is the Gulf threatening global shutdown of oil and gas supplies. In 2008, the U.S. stock market experienced its worst year since the Great Depression, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average losing 33.8%.

Looks like we are not as close to the brink as we think.

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SunshineGirl · 36-40, F

It is down around 9.5% from its peak just before the start of the Trump War.

The TACO factor is the main thing preventing a general stockmarket crash, but the economic damage is real.

sree251 · 41-45, M

@SunshineGirl

The TACO factor is the main thing preventing a general stockmarket crash, but the economic damage is real.

What economic damage have you suffered personally? I was filling up my car yesterday was taken aback by a jump in the gas price to $4.40 a gallon. It was $3.60 a week ago. I don't drive that much.

SunshineGirl · 36-40, F

@sree251 I am relatively wealthy and own my home. I have capacity to weather inflation. Most people do not.

sree251 · 41-45, M

@SunshineGirl

I am relatively wealthy and own my home. I have capacity to weather inflation. Most people do not.

I like that admission of being wealthy and having the capacity to weather on regardless of folks around us in dire straits. It is a good feeling. God bless you and me.