"The market has sort of lost its focus for the moment," one Government bond trader said.

European markets have also lost some of their earlier gains.

In that period, investment bankers say, the market lost about $100 million worth of trading every day.

So far this month, these markets have lost 20 percent of their value.

He earned $125 million or so from Buy.com stock before those shares, and the market that lifted them, lost nearly all their value.

Because the market lost so much value, they may not see any pension supplements for a few years.

Since then, the market has lost $7 trillion in value and shed more than 1,000 companies.

During that time, the market lost an average of 25 percent of its value.

And when the crash came, no market lost more credibility.

The market had lost over $30 billion in the space of two days which included $14 billion on October 29 alone.