A very meaty week newswise, but one way or the other, it seems this market wants badly not to tank at least until after the US election at the beginning of November.

It will also be interesting to see the first day, maybe two of trading after the election, especially if there is a shift in control in one or both houses of Congress.

Any of you hear about our very special favorite local socal attorney Gloria Allred going after California gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman? From what I've seen so far, it's a blown out of proportion, policitically motivated stunt if ever there was one. I don't care for Meg, but she may well do a better job fiscally than Jerry Brown, but Brown is, I believe, pretty honest for a polititian. I was likely going to vote for Brown, but now may well change to Meg - this last episode is just too much.

Very tough for a real conservative to win statewide in California.