Businessweek | As Oil Drops Below $50, Can There Be Too Much of a Good Thing? Businessweek Oil falls below $50 a barrel on Jan. 5, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunges nearly 330 points. Seems like an open-and-shut case that the price plunge is getting to be a problem. People remember that in 1998, a sharp decline in the price of oil ... Oil's price fall not good for all Oil's Fall Continues Into 2015, and Stock Markets Shudder Oil breaches $50 (US) per barrel sparking stock market selloff |