Real-time Reactions to the Stock Market From New Yorkers -- New York Magazine

A Day in the Market

10:08 a.m. \| dow -253.36 erik council, Multimedia designer I was considering buying a house, but now I’m not sure.	10:12 a.m. \| dow -255.03 michael hall, Construction-company owner My brother and I own a business, and Obama wants to take our money from us and give it to other people.	10:24 a.m. \| dow -293.58 bonnie wong Runs the nonprofit Asian Women in Business My stocks are going down, and I don’t like it when they go down. But I’m pretty optimistic this can’t last forever.
10:28 a.m. \| dow -284.34 michael g. cluer, Landscape architect I’m a little anxious, mostly for my friends, but I’m not being obsessive.	10:32 a.m. \| dow -263.87 linda key-kanuteh, Jewelry vendor I just don’t spend on anything but the mortgage and food.	10:36 a.m. \| dow -229.78 noah norman, Technical director for events When companies see their marketing budgets cut, they’ll stop paying me as much, so I’ve been cooking a lot and eating in.
12:24 p.m. \| dow -368.53 dave gallego, Sales I’m not even looking at my 401(k), let’s put it that way. In ten years, I’ll take a look.	12:28 P.M. \| dow -368.13 kathryn hong, First-year associate at a law firm It was a very good choice that I went to law school instead of getting my M.B.A.	12:32 P.m. \| dow -359.29 billy nash, Morgan Stanley portfolio manager The media only focuses on the negative—come on, people, the United States of America is not going out of business.

10:08 a.m. \| dow -253.36 erik council, Multimedia designer I was considering buying a house, but now I’m not sure.	10:12 a.m. \| dow -255.03 michael hall, Construction-company owner My brother and I own a business, and Obama wants to take our money from us and give it to other people.	10:24 a.m. \| dow -293.58 bonnie wong Runs the nonprofit Asian Women in Business My stocks are going down, and I don’t like it when they go down. But I’m pretty optimistic this can’t last forever.
10:28 a.m. \| dow -284.34 michael g. cluer, Landscape architect I’m a little anxious, mostly for my friends, but I’m not being obsessive.	10:32 a.m. \| dow -263.87 linda key-kanuteh, Jewelry vendor I just don’t spend on anything but the mortgage and food.	10:36 a.m. \| dow -229.78 noah norman, Technical director for events When companies see their marketing budgets cut, they’ll stop paying me as much, so I’ve been cooking a lot and eating in.
12:24 p.m. \| dow -368.53 dave gallego, Sales I’m not even looking at my 401(k), let’s put it that way. In ten years, I’ll take a look.	12:28 P.M. \| dow -368.13 kathryn hong, First-year associate at a law firm It was a very good choice that I went to law school instead of getting my M.B.A.	12:32 P.m. \| dow -359.29 billy nash, Morgan Stanley portfolio manager The media only focuses on the negative—come on, people, the United States of America is not going out of business.