Please feel free to add more: =================================================== Mar. 17: Bear Stearns goes. The end begins. Jul. 14: IndyMac is seized. Sep. 8: Fannie and Freddie collapse. Sep. 15: Lehman bankrupts. AIG gets bailed out. BofA buys Merrill. Sep. 17: Reserve Primary breaks the buck. Sep. 22: Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs become Bank Holding Companies. No more independent I-banks. Sep. 25: JPMorgan buys WaMu. Oct. 9-10: Market Meltdown. Nov. 5: Obama elected as the 1st minority as US President Nov. 20: Markets hit (interim?) bottom. Dec. 12: Madoff Scandal Dec. 16: Fed lower the interest rate to 0% - 0.25% Dec. 19: Automakers get their bailout.