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Decatur Deb5/06/2010 4:45:35 pm PDT

re: #132 Nimed

Yes, the crash may have been at least partly due to a screw-up.

There were reports that the sudden drop was caused by a trader who mistyped an order to sell a large block of stock. The drop in that stock’s price was enough to trigger “sell” orders across the market.

To the extend that this caused the crash, your stock will probably recover in the next few days.

That could be a new entry for the “Disastrous Typo” list:

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