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1 Year Later: The Month that Shook the World
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Tuesday, 1 Sep 2009 | 8:53 AM ET
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By: Ariel Nelson
Director of Market Data & Content Services
Director of Market Data & Content Services
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] started the month at 1283, but within the weeks that followed, the markets saw Lehman Brothers collapse and the S&P hit a low of 1106 by September 29, a drop of nearly 14%. The Dow [.DJIA
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] saw its biggest one day point drop in history, falling 778 on Sept 29. The CBOE Volatility Index [.DJIA
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] rose from 20.65 on August 31 to 46.72 on September 29.Financials, and particularly brokerages, tumbled along with Lehman's demise. Goldman Sachs [GS
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] fell ~50% from its Sept high to its low of the month while Morgan Stanley [MS
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] saw its share price fall by nearly 70% over the same period.
Here's a broad look at how things have changed going into the volatile month of September today compared to one year ago.
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