1.0 link 154553 <![CDATA[6 Years Of Market Gains Wiped Out In 2008]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/31/6-years-of-market-gains-w_n_154553.html All told, about $7 trillion of shareholders' wealth -- the gains of the last six years -- will be wiped out in a year marked by violent market swings.

But what is striking is not just the magnitude of the declines, staggering as they are, but also their breadth. All but 2 of the 30 Dow industrials, Wal-Mart and McDonalds, fell by more than 11 percent. Almost no industry was spared as the crisis that emerged in the subprime mortgage market...

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