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It's a hot summer in New York City's, Hell's Kitchen.  The world is slowly getting back to normal after The Avengers courageously fought off an Alien Invasion seeking to take over the world. While The Avengers are busy with keeping The Shield intact and protecting the world, criminals are running rampant in Hell's Kitchen.  Crime is at an all time high in Hell's Kitchen being led by a ruthless Boss posing as a savvy businessman, better known as Kingping. The police who are not on his payroll just arent enough to keep the streets safe.  Hell's Kitchen is a dangerous place.  Luckily, there are few good citizens who are willing to stand up against crime and bring this corrupt crime lord to justice.

A tandem of well to do Lawyers have started a practice taking on cases for free with hopes that their efforts can finally bring peace to Hell's Kitchen.  Meanwhile, there is a mysterious masked man who is seemingly taking justice into his own hands, taking on criminals during the night.  He goes by, Daredevil. 

Is he good, is he bad?  Is he trying to help or is he getting in the way?  Well, that's a decision for the residents of Hell's Kitchen.

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From horrible to just bad: Dow ends down 249 points

January 20
 
NEW YORK
 
 

It was another nightmarish day on Wall Street -- even though it ended on a less scary note.

The Dow plunged as much as 565 points on Wednesday after crude oil crashed below $27 a barrel. However, stocks staged a comeback and the Dow closed with a loss of "only" 247 points. 

The S&P 500, down as much as 3.7% earlier, closed the day off 1.2%. It was still the lowest close for the index since April 2014. The Nasdaq briefly turned positive before ending with a loss of 0.1%. 

 

"The comeback was needed just to give people some confidence. But I don't think we can say ding-dong the witch is dead in terms of volatility," said J.J. Kinahan, chief market strategist at TD Ameritrade.

The markets remain deeply in the red on the year. The Dow has plunged 1,658 points in 2016, while the S&P 500 is down 9%. 

"We've experienced some seller exhaustion -- and that's good news. But we are still facing the same headwinds," said Art Hogan, chief market strategist at Wunderlich Securities.

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Related: Is the worst over for stocks?

Crude crumbles below $27 -- freaking Wall Street out

Crude oil -- one of the biggest headwinds facing the stock market -- plunged another 7% on Wednesday and broke below $27 a barrel for the first time since September 2003. It closed at $26.55 a barrel, leaving it down an incredible 28% in 2016.

The stock market has been intensely fixated on oil prices this year. The correlation between oil and the S&P 500 is almost perfect, a highly unusual situation compared with historic norms. 

"Markets are probably not likely to stabilize until oil finds a bottom," David Joy, chief market strategist at Ameriprise Financial, wrote in a client note.

Crude oil has been slammed in recent days by concerns over sanctions lifting on Iran, which is expected to flood the oversupplied oil world with more crude at exactly the worst time.

Related: Oil and stocks locked in intense tango

Energy stocks take another dive

Cheap oil is great for car drivers but it's freaking Wall Street out for many reasons. First, the oil crash is hurting corporate profits, especially in the energy sector.

Low oil prices are raising the specter of a wave of bankruptcies in the energy sector. ConocoPhillips (COP)ExxonMobil(XOM) and Halliburton (HAL) ended the day down more than 4% apiece, even though they had fallen as much as 10% earlier. 

Already, dozens of oil companies have filed for bankruptcy. Investors are also worried that cheap oil signals something negative about the health of the global economy.

Global markets remain in turmoil, with Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 tumbling into bear market territory on Wednesday. That's market jargon for when an index or a stock dives 20% from a prior high. Stocks in Europe were also rocked, with the benchmark indices in France and the U.K. now joining Germany in a bear market. 

Despite the afternoon comeback, the stock market was still dealt a setback when the S&P 500 failed to stay above the critical 1,867 level. It was a key area of support because it represented the lowest level from August 24, the day when the Dow briefly plummeted more than 1,000 points.

Related: China just sent Europe into bear market. Is the U.S. next?

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Related: Almost the entire S&P 500 is in the red 

Nearly all stocks are down this year

Signs of fear abound on Wall Street. The 10-year Treasury yield slipped back below 2% on Wednesday as investors rush to the safety of government debt.

CNNMoney's Fear & Greed Index, which monitors a series of market indicators to gauge sentiment, is flashing "extreme fear." 

Just 27 stocks in the S&P 500 are trading higher on the year. Two of the biggest winners are ConEd (ED), a utility that investors see as a defensive play because of its high dividend, and Macy's (M), the struggling department store that just announced plans to cut thousands of jobs. 

By Matt Egan January 20, 2016 17:18PM EST
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Lizzy!!!  Keep that sh*t out of the game thread.  We do this to escape and forget about things for a bit.  Thank you for looking out but this is NOT the place.  Start a thread here or in the lounge if you need to vent  buddy. 

sorry just joking buddy. I threw a PAC vote on the end there. 

 

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Checking in, just a few thoughts..

 

Who the **** is the kingping??? 

My biggest regret is not being able to lead a lynch on Jif to celebrate my return

Who's this dweeb that posts the news? Is that his schtick or something?

dweeb? Lol. This isn't Breakfast Club Mafia 

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Checking in, just a few thoughts..

 

Who the **** is the kingping??? 

My biggest regret is not being able to lead a lynch on Jif to celebrate my return

Who's this dweeb that posts the news? Is that his schtick or something?

dweeb? Lol. This isn't Breakfast Club Mafia 

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Who's this dweeb that posts the news? Is that his schtick or something?

His schtick is a rampant insecurity, grudge holding worse than Vic used to, and suspecting the thing in every game that make him feel most stupid... me.

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Checking in, just a few thoughts..

 

Who the **** is the kingping??? 

My biggest regret is not being able to lead a lynch on Jif to celebrate my return

Who's this dweeb that posts the news? Is that his schtick or something?

This is going to be fun

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it won't last long.

I need you to give me a quote on grinding my coffee. I bought beans this time instead of the pre-ground and I also got a new coffee maker so I wasn't sure what was wrong. But now I'm sure that on account of being a white guy in the suburbs it was me and not the machine that messed it up. I figured it's probably your busiest month and an opportunity to steal business from my local Starbucks, so you could give me a good quote on labor. 

This^

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I need you to give me a quote on grinding my coffee. I bought beans this time instead of the pre-ground and I also got a new coffee maker so I wasn't sure what was wrong. But now I'm sure that on account of being a white guy in the suburbs it was me and not the machine that messed it up. I figured it's probably your busiest month and an opportunity to steal business from my local Starbucks, so you could give me a good quote on labor. 

This doesn't sound like a white guy problem. It sounds like a stupid guy problem.

 

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