By EconMatters This week has turned out to be Wall Street’s wildest week since 2008. The Dow Jones industrial average closed down 519 points on Tuesday, Aug. 10, but then went up 423.37 points. But overall, Down has now lost more than 2,000, or 16% since July 21, less than three weeks ago. The selloff intensified after the U.S. got stripped of the top notch AAA rating by S&P first time ever in history. The double AA status has put the U.S. in the same category as China, based on S&P’s rating. But one consolation for the United States…
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