Posted on 06/23/2002 10:14:44 PM PDT by Cultural Jihad
Edited on 04/12/2004 5:39:39 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Nine months have passed since terrorists commandeered commercial jetliners, inflicted death and damage, and devastated the nation's sense of security.
For a time, the stock markets behaved as though the assaults would have only short-term effects.
By early January, the Nasdaq composite index had staged a dramatic rebound, rising 45 percent above its post-attack low. On the Big Board, the Dow Jones industrial average moved 25 percent higher within four months.
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