On September 16, 2008 the New York Post tried to blame the Shock Exchange for the 504 point decline in the stock market amid the demise of Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch, and AIG.  But unlike these firms, the Shock Exchange takes a "top down" and "bottoms up" approach to investing.  Nice try though.  Does that mean we are entitled to some of that bail out money too?  Check out the following link: 

http://www.nypost.com/seven/09162008/news/regionalnews/the_new_york_shock_exchange_129310.htm