Today's Markets - WSJ.com:
"The Dow has plunged nearly 15% during its losing streak so far, and is down 35% from its record finish a year ago.
Peter Cardillo, chief market economist at Avalon Partners, said the 9000 level, could prove to be an important testing ground for whether the broader crisis of confidence has run its course. If the market holds there, as Mr. Cardillo expects it might, the market could begin to build a more sustained rally. But if it breaks through that round number by a significant amount, the bloodletting could continue for days longer, at least.'It's getting to a point where it's every man for himself,' said Mr. Cardillo. 'When fear reaches that level, you're getting close to a bottom. But we're clearly not there quite yet.'"
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"Psychology is not allowing what the economics textbook says should happen to actually happen," said strategist Doug Peta, of the New York portfolio-management firm J. & W. Seligman & Co."