Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for February 06, 1999
Transcript:
Mark: Almost time for the closing bell - talk to us, Chase. Chase Talbott III: I'm dumping 100 IBM...no, I'm holding! I'm selling short on 30 Dotco! No, 40! I'm taking a 1/4 point hit on Intel! Buying 30 Flash.pan! Hedging with...no! Dumping Flash.pan! No, buying...selling! Mark: Two...one...and the market is closed! Chase Talbott III: Aieee! Mark: And he's up almost...35 bucks! Chase Talbott III: Gasp! Bottled water...bottled water...
NYSE and NASDAQ are open 9:30a – 4p EST.Those hours were established 1985. (There are extended hours these days for some things but they didn’t exist then). So $35 dollars over 6.5 hours means he made about $5.38 per hour. Federal minimum wage was $5.15 then, so he basically was working at minimum.