The rapid move up in interest rates and the recent 800-point two-day drop in the dow jones industrial average ( indu ) has more than a few investors worried we might be seeing the beginning stages of a new economic crisis .
Market prognosticators have conjured up many a reason for the two-day rout of stocks on thursday and friday , which sent the dow jones industrial average ( indu ) plunging 494 points ( 3 % ) and the s & p 500 ( spx ) down 55 points ( 3 % ) .
