Fears that this might be a jobless recovery turned into fears that this might not be a recovery at all on Thursday as the Dow dropped about 1,000 points. It quickly rallied, leaving the loss at the world’s biggest casino at 347.80.

The plummet, which reportedly got a big assist from automated trading, had something to do with the possibly contagious economic plague in Greece.

In the disturbing words of one analyst, quoted by the AP:

“The market is now realizing that Greece is going to go through a depression over the next couple of years,” said Peter Boockvar, equity strategist at Miller Tabak. “Europe is a major trading partner of ours, and this threatens the entire global growth story.”

“Global growth story” being Wall Street speak for not needing to sell our jewelry for cat food. — PZS

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