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Seeing Red: SmartMoney.com’s Map of the Market

by Jared Spool

A normal day at the SmartMoney.com Map of the Market interactive market mapping tool:

A normal day for SmartMoney.com's Map of the Market

But yesterday was anything but a normal day:

SmartMoney.com's Map of the Market on 29-Sep-2008

(The green box represents Barrick Gold, which saw a 4.5% increase in its value yesterday. The next biggest winner I could find was Campbell’s Soup at 0.32%. Gold? Soup lines? Hmmm.)

Update: A new day brings a new market bounce:

SmartMoney.com's Map of the Market on 30-Sep-2008

(A green day should not be confused with Green Day.)