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Having a positive & strong mindset helps to cope with a lay off, I have observed how some of my colleagues were able to quickly navigate & move on to either join a new corporate, or taking up freelancing projects or by pursuing their passions. A lay off is an excellent opportunity to sit back, reskill, re-strategize, look at alternate roles, reconnect with long lost friends/relatives and literally come out with a refreshed attitude to take on new challenges. I welcome you to walk alongside with me on this path, understand & execute the tricks of the trade & flourish in your life! Extending a ...

From the close of trading on Tuesday, October 13, 1987, to the close of trading on October 19, 1987, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ("Dow") fell 769 points or 31 percent. On October 19, 1987, alone, the Dow fell by 508 points or 22.6 percent. Since the early 1920's, only the drop of 12.8 percent in the Dow on October 28, 1929 and the fall of 11.7 percent the following day, which together constituted the Crash of 1929, approached the October 19 decline in magnitude. The events of October demonstrated an unusual frailty in the markets.