More bad news for the economy with the market sliding below 10,000 for the first time in four years.

It's surprising even to Jason Kidd, who has spent a lot of time in his off-seasons schooling himself on Wall Street.

"We all knew something was going to happen, but I didn't see this coming,'' he said.

Nobody did, of course. Even Mark Cuban didn't see it coming. But he was smart enough and rich enough to survive better than most of the rest of us.

Check out his blog for some interesting thoughts on turning yourself into a rich dude.

It's at blogmaverick.com.