The I was dumb enough to look at my investments today support thread

[MikeyC]

Originally Posted by Devanmc

im just a college kid just starting to slightly understand the markets. but uhhhh what happened earlier today?

the entire world markets go down becuase of the US credit down grade but 10 year treasury bonds go up? this doesnt make any sense.

Ironically, most of the people who were selling off their stocks (which caused the huge point drop) then turned around and put their money in treasuries.