A trader reacts on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange October 15, 2008 in New York City at the closing bell. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slid 733.08 points (7.87 percent) to 8,577.91 and the broad Standard & Poor’s index plunged 90.18 points (9.04 percent) to 907.83 just after the closing bell. Wall Street stocks plunged on heightened recession fears Wednesday for the US and global economies, as panic returned to global markets. AFP PHOTO / TIMOTHY A. CLARY (Photo credit should read TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images)
