terrorist threat.

[eddyjo]

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

heightened state of alert?

 

[eddyjo]

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]

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

 

[jpwone]

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]

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 !