World markets starting to open... so far Australia up by 5%-6%.

[Liberal_in_LA]

http://money.cnn.com/data/world_markets/index.html

[54anickel]

1. DOW up 284 on the futures chart

http://money.cnn.com/data/premarket/

[mwooldri]

3. Aren't US markets closed Monday? nt

[Roland99]

4. Yes but futures still trade

[Purveyor]

5. Nope, they are open. Banks are closed. eom

[Newsjock]

2. Dow futures +284

n/t

[TheWatcher]

6. Just keep a balanced view of things.

The Crisis we are in is not going to fixed by a huge up day in the Markets, or even a series of them in succession.

It is going to take several years for things to truly get better again.

There is going to be a severe recession no matter what, and people need to try and prepare for it and adapt to it. Simply wishing it isn't going to happen or that Obama will just fix everything is not realistic thinking.

With any luck an inflationary depression will be avoided.

This isn't going to be a short term event. The last thing you want is for another cycle of Fake Prosperity and Happy Days Are Here Again for a few years before the next Bubble Bursts and an even worse Crisis develops.

The Viscous Circle must be Broken.

[ixion]

7. exactly

well said. :applause: