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it's all psychology. The world looks very different in October from mid-August.

Maybe its the MEDIA (Prophets/Shepards)! Certainly the media affects the markets(any day). They always try to report what is going on in investors minds or predict what the news will be tomorrow. Why? to say I told you so OR to provide guidance to all the "Sheep" in our heard.

The execs need to purchase new goatskin pants to dance around the ruins in. (hehehe)

Ummm doesn't the fiscal year end in october. Certainly would have more to do with it than Holloween.

This is stupid. It's because of third quarter profit reports are released, and by then companies show how far behind they are.

The combination of 3Q reports and seasonal affective disorder?

W.A.G. Stock markets crash in October to compete with ratings sweeps in T.V. Of course, this does not extrapolate backwards to 1929. But neither does this story. Or perhaps -- stock markets crash to coincide with Devils Night and Halloween. Could be that stock markets crash to coincide with Black Friday -- they day all PhD candidates who havent' made progress in their dissertations get kicked out ofof graduate school. In turn, they all get MBAs -- and suffering from post traumatic stress disorder -- have flash backs to Black Friday (in some schools it's Black Monday) and have major anxiety attacks - -and inevitably tell their therapists -- and well -- you know how therapists talk -- and thing you know consumer confidence in management flounders -- and boom -- the stock market crashes. Or -- anticipating Daylight's savings time clock set backs -- people sleep in and trading suffers. Maybe there is a power outage on the network? Ha Ha ha.

This is one of the most worthless "news features" I have ever wasted my time reading. The heading promises an answer. The content disappoints, tremendously. Shame on both the writer and his editors. If you have nothing of value to write, don't waste bandwidth.

I want to know why we bailed out the banks when we should have bailed out all the people that had money in 401K's , retirement funds or IRA's first. Give us back our money. I want my money back!!!! And let us get out money out now without penalties!

I will be contacting many of the crooked and greedy executives to tell them that I want a cruise on the yacht or the jet plane that I'm paying for and they're continuing to enjoy. The bailout is absolutely absurd; the American taxpayers are being paying for the excesses of the greedy executives. Shame on Congress and the President, they're clueless.

I think it's related to the Christmas buying rush. A lot of businesses need to transfer large amounts of credit and money to pay for all those goods moving around suddenly in the fall. This puts strains on certain markets as huge sums are moved in and out. Some of that must affect the stocks. It's like the rush of waters and unexpected waves when the tide waxes and wanes.

I got a pretty good idea why they're crashing this october.

http://market-ticker.org/archives/622-Fiscal-Cat-5-Hurricane-Warning.html

I blame the media for all the crap that's going on in the world. Cant you ever tell a positive story? It would probably have a positive impact.

dan lee thinks the fiscal year ends in October. UM? Which fiscal year?

Companies designate fiscal years, as does the US. Dan? Think it through, perhaps even research reality? The federal fiscal year does not end in October, but I'd be remiss to tell you a fact. You are not able to grasp truth.

Congress is so messed up right now. The speaker of the house says something, and the stock market drops 900 points. Didn't they know that if they probed Allen Green for what happened that he would eventually say anything, something and for all of that people listen and when I heard him say that the model was wrong...my immediate thought, oh well there goes the stock market...because congress screwed up by asking in front of the world, and Allen Greenspan answered. It happened. Congress asked.

Congress is so messed up right now. The speaker of the house says something, and the stock market drops 900 points. Didn't they know that if they probed Allen Green for what happened that he would eventually say anything, something and for all of that people listen and when I heard him say that the model was wrong...my immediate thought, oh well there goes the stock market...because congress screwed up by asking in front of the world, and Allen Greenspan answered. It happened. Congress asked.

Ironic 1 of 3:
We have now issured the biggest insurancse company in the world because they decided to venture out. The insurer is being insured by us, the tax payer and premiem payer to the insurer.

Ironic 2 of 3:
We are getting on to companys for not being forthright with stock holders but I just heard today that congress does not want to give out who they will back or bail out ahead of time because investers or stock holders might panic.

Ironic 3 of 3:
Allen Greenspan goes in front of congress and they ask "probed" him if there was something wrong about his model about the economy. They asked in order to find out about the problem. Then what "he" said creates a market meltdown. Congress probed in front of the world. Confidence and trust in our stock markets was not what congress was looking for. They were looking to vote into congress a democrate. That is so bad to take us taxpayers down to get themselves voted in.

I think it is the fact that Christmas is around the corner and everyone sells off their assets to finance their tango with Santa...

TORONTO, Oct 23 (Reuters) - Magna International said on Thursday its development of an electric hybrid car is on schedule for 2010, and it bolstered its efforts by buying a Michigan-based company that focuses on propulsion and energy management for electric vehicles.

It seems Australia is really stepping up to the plate when it comes to advancing alternative fuel technology. In fact, it was revealed yesterday that a US firm, Better Place, a California-based electric-vehicle company will be building an electric car charging network for them.

It's obvious. Always happens under great Republican economic policies that never work.

It looks to me like anything in October with the number(s) 9,19, or 29 is bad for finances. I'm sure glad there is no 39th day of October.

Worthless article. ANY column with a title in the form of a question will not have an answer. Otherwise, the title would have been stated so. I usually skip them altogether.

Worthless article. ANY column with a title in the form of a question will not have an answer. Otherwise, the title would have been stated so. I usually skip them altogether.