neil: that s a also points to 16% of the volume. it s all machines. just machines trading with machines and nothing to do with human interference except whoever programmed the machines and opportunity take a look to for this to happen. what bother me it shakes the resolve we respect to the stock market. i keep trying don vince convince people there s a difference between wall street and a great company. you want to be part owner of nike, forget the flash crisis. neil: the market by and large has held up pretty well. how did that happen? it s been mostly a story of the global economy, really, that has held this up. the idea we have american corporations that are sell in asia and peru, and so far in the earning season we have little