[relee]

The chatter level is usually high on FR. ;)

I believe she said it was high for months now, the longest it's been high since Sept. 11, 2001. When you combine that with the unusual activity in the futures market, it seems to me like a good time to raise the threat level to orange.

[SierraWasp]

Check out who's heavily "shorting" Airline or Energy Stocks, etc. We didn't ever uncover who did that on 9-10-01!!!

[John Beresford Tipton]

"unusual activity in the futures market"

Likely:
Year end book squaring,
and rolling from December to March Futures