"Prediction....Osama bin Laden will be taken soon which could cause a global market rally."
well hasn't that been the expectation of just about everyone since tora bora? hard to believe that they could be smuggling him a dialysis machine and can't get him a camcorder ...
although there is a risk, especially if it were announced too early, since there could be the perception of a lessened risk of terrorism, which is bush's strength.
Bear, Is this a conspiracy theory( they have him tucked away) or a coincidence thing. Maybe he is on one of those aircraft carriers and the other 6 have him surrounded!
Bearmove, Could the program traders swing the election? Think about it. The stock market in many ways represents the strentgh of the economy, The program traders now control over 70% of the shares traded of the S&P500 stocks and about 80% of the DJIA shares traded. If they could sawy just a few percentage of folks just before the election, they could be the deciding factor.
I rather hope not. What would they do with him? Kill him and create a martyr? Jail him and risk increasing violence and hostage taking for a swap? 'Tis a conundrum!