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Apple Loses Its 'Most Valuable' Title
By: Javier E. David and Giovanny Moreano
Apple reeled to its lowest levels in a year on Friday, suffering the added misfortune of losing its mantle as "world's most valuable company" to Exxon Mobil.
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Performance Following Big Drops
Posted By: Ariel Nelson
Looking beyond today's sell off, we went back 20 years to see how the markets performed in the days that followed a 4% drop in the Dow, S&P or Nasdaq:
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Dow's Greatest Drops on Open
Posted By: Ariel Nelson
The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 464.5 points or 3.84% on the open this morning, making today the biggest decline on an open since the 9/11 attacks and fourth biggest point drop on open in history. Below are the biggest drops on the open of the Dow - Note that 60% of the times the Dow bounced back during the day. Right now the Dow has rallied back and is down ~175. Roughly 70% of the time in the past 20 years, big drops like these are followed by gains the next day.
Welcome to CNBC.com by the Numbers
Like numbers? Yeah, we at CNBC.com do too. That's why we're introducing "CNBC By the Numbers." Every day the market's twists and turns present a new set of metrics for investors to ponder. It gives rise to questions like "How does today's market stand historically?" and "When was the last time this type of thing happened?"And at CNBC, we crunch out the calcuations and market factoids to help investors figure out the answers to those questions. And now you can find them here.Happy Number Crunching.
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Our market specialists dig deep into Wall Street’s daily metrics, crunching the numbers to help you become smarter about the market so that you can make better investment decisions. By The Numbers details the daily drama, the winners and losers, how the day stacks up historically, and how the numbers can offer a glimpse of the future.
