1. As usual, there are the wild cards, events strategists point to as possibly upsetting the market. 2. Bentsen sometimes upset financial markets and sent the value of the dollar plunging with off-the-cuff remarks about exchange rates. 3. Eichel said Germany intended to proceed with a previously planned sale of Deutsche Telekom shares, though only at a pace that would not upset equity markets. 4. Indeed, they were not powerful enough to upset securities markets. 5. Jones said the argument will be how much taxes are reduced and whether or not that upsets markets, which in turn could require interest rates to be raised. 6. Prices were hurt by concern that U.S. Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan may upset financial markets tomorrow when he delivers his semi-annual testimony to Congress. 7. Still, warnings about upsetting the markets are usually all it takes to bring bickering politicians in line. 8. Such a change could upset markets in the long run, even if not immediately, they said. 9. That move, they said, may have triggered additional selling and upset a market that has been prone to huge momentum swings. 10. The news upset a market that was already skittish about recent evidence of weakness in demand for personal computers. |