Hasn T: Dow and Instant Spike

hasn t: And the trend has been predominantly lower, according to Market Watch. Although it hasn't been the sort of dizzying tumble for equities that would elicit an instant spike in fear, it has been, however, the kind of plodding descent that has the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.22% down nearly 300 points since the end of July. U.S. equities have been bouncing around lately. In fact, the Dow and the S&P 500 index SPX, +0.02% are on the verge of tallying three straight months of declines, with October shaping up to be the ugliest monthly fall since January—the month after the Federal Reserve raised rates for the first time in a decade. The S&P 500 notched three consecutive monthly loses earlier this year, ended February. But, if the Dow posts a loss in October it would be the first time the blue-chip index logged three consecutive monthly declines since the period ended in September 2011. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.