Stephanie Ruhle Says Investors Reacted to Dow Dip ‘Like They Were Wearing a Barbed Wire Thong’

Stephanie Ruhle Says Investors Reacted to Dow Dip ‘Like They Were Wearing a Barbed Wire Thong’ (Mediaite)

After yesterday’s historic Dow Jones plunge, pundits were zeroed inon the stock market this morning, expecting the index to push even further down. As of this writing, the Dow has mostly held steady — though it has not been without some extreme volatility.

Volatility isn’t necessarily a bad thing and, according to economists, it’s just a natural part of the way the Dow works. These past couple of years, however, has seen the index on a strict uphill climb. And you know that old saying — what goes up must come down.

MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle was explaining the inherent nature of the market this morning, lambasting investors who assumed it would just keep climbing forever, when she let loose an absolutely jarring metaphor.