From: "Gary Britt" 

A lawyer friend of mine lost a cool 1 Million dollars in equity in that
single day in 1987.  It won't happen again like it did in 1987, because the
stock markets all established breakers and trading stops so that if things
get too panicked, they just shut down trading so people can cool off.

Gary

"Bill Lucy"  wrote in message
news:MPG.1e0d5973524a75c9989799{at}news.barkto.com...
> In article , nomail{at}hotmail.com says...
> > Eh, yea it could happen, it doesn't in practice though.
>
> I know it happened to quite a few people in 1987.
>

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