Dow on track to suffer the 20th 200+-point drop this year

The Dow Jones Industrial Average is on track Tuesday to suffer its 20th one-day point decline of at least 200 points, compared with the 12 suffered all of last year. In 2014, there were 21 days that Dow moved by at least 200 points in either direction, compared with 40 so far in 2015, and 41 if the Dow’s current decline holds. The Dow shed 228 points in morning trade, with all 30 components moving lower, and has dropped 1,541 points year to date.

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