the dow closed down 396 points. that's actually better than it had been earlier in the day. just shy of 1.6%. nasdaq dropped 3%. that is big for one day. the s&p lost 2%. alphabet closed in bear market territory for the first time in seven years. down 20% off the all-time high in july. alphab alphabet, google, wasn't the only tech company that plunged. the f.a.n.g. stocks closed down between 4% and 6%. facebook fell nearly 6% as it deal was the fallout from that "new york times" investigation that suggested that facebook failed to recognize and stop russian interference and hired a firm. sales force ceo compared using facebook to tobacco. that's right.