Last week was the biggest percentage drop in the major indices since those fun days of October 2008.

This week? Meh, not so much. Big gain yesterday. Big gain today - until rumors of a split over solving Greece's debt problems.

Anyway, things were so dark that the good folks at Almanac convened an economy panel last week. It was my day off and I was playing golf that afternoon, but hurried from the course to the studio. I did my best to forget about the missed par putts on the last three holes.

You can watch the segment here.