Nasdaq 100 set for worst week since April meltdown

Re:Nasdaq 100 set for worst week since April meltdown by Eddy_Viscosity2 on Friday November 07, 2025 @01:29PM (#45849366)

Whenever the stock market goes down there is a default, likely algorithmically produced headline that says "This is the worst its been since the last time it was this bad which was X ago". Meaningless.

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Re:Nasdaq 100 set for worst week since April meltdown by Esophagus4 on Friday November 07, 2025 @02:02PM (#45849699)

The worst rainy second Tuesday of the month since 2023…

I see the same thing in sports broadcasting. “No 24 year old rookie player has started the season with this many at bats from the left side of the plate against visiting teams since…”

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Re:Nasdaq 100 set for worst week since April meltdown by barbazoo on Friday November 07, 2025 @02:15PM (#45849879)

That made me laugh, they must get bombarded with stats at any time they can just pick and choose from. I bet to some degree it's also about filling the air with something to say.

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Re:Nasdaq 100 set for worst week since April meltdown by Esophagus4 on Friday November 07, 2025 @02:19PM (#45849919)

Agreed - I think they need to fill the air, but I also think the growth of data analytics makes these stats much easier to find now, whereas they were probably more obscure before.

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Re:Nasdaq 100 set for worst week since April meltdown by potato3732842 on Friday November 07, 2025 @02:22PM (#45849963)

I think that needlessly specific statistics is an in group joke among the trade. I can't tell, but it sure looks like it.

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Re:Nasdaq 100 set for worst week since April meltdown by Esophagus4 on Friday November 07, 2025 @02:28PM (#45850047)

I’d do the same, glad the stats department is having fun at work :)

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Re:Nasdaq 100 set for worst week since April meltdown by potato3732842 on Friday November 07, 2025 @02:21PM (#45849942)

I kind of look forward to AI written/approved headlines because we'll get more funny gems from the AI not getting the implications of out of scope context.

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Re:Nasdaq 100 set for worst week since April meltdown by biophysboy on Friday November 07, 2025 @02:00PM (#45849678)

A reference point adds a small amount of meaning

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Re:Nasdaq 100 set for worst week since April meltdown by AnimalMuppet on Friday November 07, 2025 @02:48PM (#45850265)

Worst since April? So, worst in 6 months? That's... not very impressive. It sounds like you should expect this to happen twice a year or so.

I'm not sure that they intended to give that impression...

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Re:Nasdaq 100 set for worst week since April meltdown by baq on Friday November 07, 2025 @01:41PM (#45849485)

usually a good contra signal, anyway

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Re:Nasdaq 100 set for worst week since April meltdown by layer8 on Friday November 07, 2025 @01:52PM (#45849578)

Informing about the current value of X is not meaningless.

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