The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged almost 700 points on the market open in some of the most extreme volatilty yet seen. Prices have since rallied back to even, and a little bit of green, due no doubt to wild swings.
President Bush will be speaking this morning most likely to serve up a few more meaningless platitudes.
Intraday swings mean little if we judge by what has happened so far this week.
It will be all about the last hour of trading.
"Seneca had made the bargain that many good men have made when agreeing to aid bad regimes. Their presence strengthens the regime and helps it endure. But their moral influence may also improve the regime's behavior. For many, this has been a bargain worth making, even if it has cost them—as it may have cost Seneca—their immortal soul. The Rome he has been trained to serve, the Rome of Augustus and Germanicus, was gone. In its place stood Neropolis, ruled by a megalomaniac brat.” James Romm