More Galleries Popular Galleries

Down In The Slumps Photos

A specialist holds his head as he works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Friday, Oct. 24, 2008. Wall Street capped another difficult week with steep losses Friday, sending the major indexes to their lowest levels in more than five years as markets around the world skidded lower on the belief that a punishing economic recession is at hand.

(Photo: AP Photo/Richard Drew)