When the dust settled on Wall Street, the Dow Jones industrials were down 3.0%, or 304.17 points, at 10.021.21.

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Opposite was just a wall of dust.

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Is it just due to the pixie dust being puffed out by Wall Street and the Fed, about to be blown away by the gathering storm others see coming.

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Lewis leaves no doubt as to where he thinks Silicon Valley's ascent has left his old Wall Street turf: in the dust.

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Proctor saw dust billow up from the other side of the wall and felt the concussion.

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Despite their exposure to losses, Wall Street firms may end up on top when the dust settles by being able to snap up loan portfolios at a steep discount.

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When the dust settled, Goldman posted its first quarterly loss in over a decade and Wall Street as a whole had its worst quarter since the depths of the financial crisis.

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