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Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Fake Tweet Sends the Dow Plunging

Below are a couple of articles about the fake tweet from the hacked AP Twitter account which resulted in financial market turmoil.  My take-away is to try to avoid being too reactive, and to check multiple sites when a potentially disastrous event is announced.



Motley Fool article:  Fake Tweet Sends the Dow Plunging (^DJI)


Wall Street Journal video about the same:  Why One Fake Tweet Dropped the Market

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