I'm seeing a pattern.....

[634-5789]

The 8 largest Dow Jones drops in American history:

1. Trump, 3/16/20
−2,997
2. Trump, 3/12/20
−2,352
3. Trump, 4/4/25
−2,231
4. Trump, 3/9/20
−2,013
5. Trump, 6/11/20
−1,861
6. Trump, 4/3/25
−1,679
7. Trump, 3/11/20
−1,464
8. Trump, 3/18/20
−1,338

Tired of winning yet?

[Skittles]

1. what are the question marks for

there's no question, Trump is a fucking LOSER

[chowder66]

2. That is from Andrea Junker on bluesky, without question marks....

Andrea Junker
‪@strandjunker.com‬
The 8 largest Dow Jones drops in American history:

1. Trump, 3/16/20
−2,997
2. Trump, 3/12/20
−2,352
3. Trump, 4/4/25
−2,231
4. Trump, 3/9/20
−2,013
5. Trump, 6/11/20
−1,861
6. Trump, 4/3/25
−1,679
7. Trump, 3/11/20
−1,464
8. Trump, 3/18/20
−1,338

Tired of winning yet?

https://bsky.app/profile/strandjunker.com/post/3llzammqajs2c

[central scrutinizer]

3. Wrong metric

Percentage change is a more valid comparison.

[teach1st]

4. Wikipedia has some charts showing DJIA percentage changes

Sort by percentage

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_daily_changes_in_the_Dow_Jones_Industrial_Average

I agree that percentage change works better than points change in evaluating the market.

[Wednesdays]

5. Is there a pattern still?

The top 10 Dow drops, in percentage:

Date Close Net Change Percentage

1 1987-10-19 1,738.74 −508.00 −22.61
President: Reagan (R)

2 2020-03-16 20,188.52 −2,997.10 −12.93
President: Trump (R)

3 1929-10-28 260.64 −38.33 −12.82
President: Hoover (R)

4 1929-10-29 230.07 −30.57 −11.73
President: Hoover (R)

5 2020-03-12 21,200.62 −2,352.60 −9.99
President: Trump (R)

6 1929-11-06 232.13 −25.55 −9.92
President: Hoover (R)

7 1899-12-18 58.27 −5.57 −8.72
President: McKinley (R)

8 1932-08-12 63.11 −5.79 −8.40
President: Hoover (R)

9 1907-03-14 76.23 −6.89 −8.29
President: T. Roosevelt (R)

10 1987-10-26 1,793.93 −156.83 −8.04
President: Reagan (R)

Anyone see a pattern?