terrorist threat.

eddyjo · Dec 21, 2003, 8:05pm

has anybody got any idea how the US markets will react to the

heightened state of alert?

eddyjo · Dec 21, 2003, 8:11pm

I was surprised there was no comment about the DOWS plunge

on friday, I know I spent most of the day biting my fingernails.

alanb41252 · Dec 22, 2003, 2:29am

Knee jerk reaction for 5 minutes and then back to normal.

jpwone · Dec 22, 2003, 2:38am

Huge sell off. The mother of all sell offs followed by a sell off.

Can't remember there being a huge plunge on the Dow on Friday. It gave up 40 points and recovered them twice in the day. If the Dow had lost 200 points and not managed any sort of recovery then I would start thinking in terms of a plunge. A couple of 40 point swings on the Dow on an option expiry day is not unusual.

I expect the reaction to the news to be muted. I suspect the market would like to end the year on a high. Having said that I opened the first part of a short on the Dow on Friday. It will be run with a tightish stop as I think I may be a bit premature. Its not a fundemental short its a trading short. The Dow has put on 600 quick points - I'm looking for it to give some of those back.

alanb41252 · Dec 22, 2003, 3:07am

Tend to agree. I hate forecasting but I think the Dow will end the year on a high - 10,500 maybe - barring a large actual terrorist outrage in the States.

We'll see !

Dec 21, 2003, 8:05pm	#1
eddyjo Senior Member Member Since Jan 2003 185 Posts	terrorist threat. has anybody got any idea how the US markets will react to the heightened state of alert?

Dec 21, 2003, 8:11pm	#2
eddyjo Senior Member Member Since Jan 2003 185 Posts	Re: terrorist threat. I was surprised there was no comment about the DOWS plunge on friday, I know I spent most of the day biting my fingernails. __________________ If you cannot in the long run..... tell others what you have been doing, your doing has been worthless. Erwin Schrodinger.

Dec 22, 2003, 2:29am	#3
alanb41252 Banned Member Since Jul 2003 264 Posts	Re: terrorist threat. Knee jerk reaction for 5 minutes and then back to normal.

Dec 22, 2003, 2:38am	#4
jpwone Senior Member Member Since Nov 2001 255 Posts	Re: terrorist threat. Huge sell off. The mother of all sell offs followed by a sell off. Can't remember there being a huge plunge on the Dow on Friday. It gave up 40 points and recovered them twice in the day. If the Dow had lost 200 points and not managed any sort of recovery then I would start thinking in terms of a plunge. A couple of 40 point swings on the Dow on an option expiry day is not unusual. I expect the reaction to the news to be muted. I suspect the market would like to end the year on a high. Having said that I opened the first part of a short on the Dow on Friday. It will be run with a tightish stop as I think I may be a bit premature. Its not a fundemental short its a trading short. The Dow has put on 600 quick points - I'm looking for it to give some of those back. Last edited by jpwone; Dec 22, 2003 at 2:48am.

Dec 22, 2003, 3:07am	#5
alanb41252 Banned Member Since Jul 2003 264 Posts	Re: terrorist threat. Tend to agree. I hate forecasting but I think the Dow will end the year on a high - 10,500 maybe - barring a large actual terrorist outrage in the States. We'll see !

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