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To: Original Mad Dog who wrote (6791)	9/14/2001 12:26:51 PM
From: Alan Smithee	Respond to of 10077

Agreed.

To: Original Mad Dog who wrote (6791)	9/14/2001 12:28:04 PM
From: Alan Smithee	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 10077

Some interesting data, courtesy of the elves at Dow Jones: DJ Table Of DJIA Performance After Historic Disruptions Copyright © 2001, Dow Jones Newswires Crisis Events, DJIA Declines and Subsequent Performance Event Reaction Dates Date Range DJIA Percentage Gain %Gain/Loss Days After Reaction Dates 22 63 126 Fall of France 05/09/1940-06/22/1940 -17.1 -0.5 8.4 7.0 Pearl Harbor 12/06/1941-12/10/1941 -6.5 3.8 -2.9 -9.6 Truman Upset Victory 11/02/1948-11/10/1948 -4.9 1.6 3.5 1.9 Korean War 06/23/1950-07/13/1950 -12.0 9.1 15.3 19.2 Eisenhower Heart Attack 09/23/1955-09/26/1955 -6.5 0.0 6.6 11.7 Sputnik 10/03/1957-10/22/1957 -9.9 5.5 6.7 7.2 Cuban Missile Crisis 08/23/1962-10/23/1962 -9.4 15.1 21.3 28.7 JFK Assassination 11/21/1963-11/22/1963 -2.9 7.2 12.4 15.1 U.S. Bombs Cambodia 04/29/1970-05/26/1970 -14.4 9.9 20.3 20.7 Kent State Shootings 05/04/1970-05/14/1970 -4.2 0.4 3.8 13.5 Arab Oil Embargo 10/18/1973-12/05/1973 -17.9 9.3 10.2 7.2 Nixon Resigns 08/09/1974-08/29/1974 -15.5 -7.9 -5.7 12.5 U.S.S.R. in Afghanistan 12/24/1979-01/03/1980 -2.2 6.7 -4.0 6.8 Hunt Silver Crisis 02/13/1980-03/27/1980 -15.9 6.7 16.2 25.8 Falkland Islands War 04/01/1982-05/07/1982 4.3 -8.5 -9.8 20.8 U.S. Invades Grenada 10/24/1983-11/07/1983 -2.7 3.9 -2.8 -3.2 U.S. Bombs Libya 04/15/1986-04/21/1986 2.6 -4.3 -4.1 -1.0 Financial Panic '87 10/02/1987-10/19/1987 -34.2 11.5 11.4 15.0 Invasion of Panama 12/15/1989-12/20/1989 -1.9 -2.7 0.3 8.0 Gulf-War Ultimatum 12/24/1990-01/16/1991 -4.3 17.0 19.8 18.7 Gorbachev Coup 08/16/1991-08/19/1991 -2.4 4.4 1.6 11.3 ERM U.K. Currency Crisis 09/14/1992-10/16/1992 -6.0 0.6 3.2 9.2 World Trade Center Bombing 02/26/1993-02/27/1993 -0.5 2.4 5.1 8.5 Asian Stock Market Crisis 10/07/1997-10/27/1997 -12.4 8.8 10.5 25.0 Russian-LTCM Crisis 08/18/1998-10/08/1998 -11.3 15.1 24.7 33.7 Mean -8.1 4.5 6.9 12.9 Median -6.2 4.2 6.7 12.1