Zeev's Turnips Patch-No Politics (ZEEV)

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A few weeks ago people were drawing parallels to '91 as the last time the market started the year with several down days in a row. The market started going up only after the actual invasion of Iraq began that year. Perhaps this year the market will start up after the uncertainty of the upcoming elections are past? That is, if there is no disaster on election day or the day after. It will clearly be spun as a "success" for just occurring even if there is only a 50% turnout, judging from what Negroponte had to say on Meet the Press yesterday morning. That guy is definitely a master spinner--necessary for a diplomat in a country like Iraq.