Thursday morning's series of blasts targeting public transportation during
Although exchanges have beefed up security in the wake of the attacks, even the
Mutual fund companies have similarly remained silent on the subject, suggesting that American investors have no acute need for reassurance.
With double-digit fatalities and injuries into the hundreds, the attacks were reportedly instigated by al-Qaeda and timed to coincide with the G8 Summit in
Following a later opening, the Dow Jones Industrial Average went down 59 points and Dow Futures at one point down 250 points, according to CNBC. Oil prices, which had topped a record-breaking $62 per barrel, traded below $60 following news of the attacks. However, the market response to terrorism is much less pronounced than it had been following the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
"We seem to be getting more efficient at handling these events," Robert Nunn, who holds a seat on the
Jay Suskind, head trader at
"Five years ago, the market would have been down much more. Now, we see it as a buying opportunity," Suskind said. "There's no panic."
Even in
In the short-term, investors are less panicked about acts of terrorism, perhaps because they also realize that such events have little long-term effect. "Over time, these events are meaningless in terms of the financial markets," said Steve Massocca, co-chief executive officer of
The
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