by  William Schmidt, Ph.D.
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     Will The Gulf Coast Oil Spill Lead To A New Bear Market in 2010 or 2011?

      What if A Hurricane Spreads The Oil even More this Summer?

      What if the Oil Keeps Surging out for years and years?

     Gold Stocks are often rally at the end of a bull market.
     What if Gold stocks turn down and there is little left to lift the market?



                
       

 

Great 1906 San Francisco Earthquake

                     5:12 AM - April 18, 1906

   The quake itself - foreshock occurred with sufficient force to be
felt widely throughout the San Francisco Bay area. The real
earthquake began 20 to 25 seconds later.  Violent shocks and
shaking lasted 60 seconds.  The pictures show the damage.  The
epicenter was two miles off short.  The magnitude was estimated
from 7.7 to 8.3 on Richter scale.  Three thousand people died as
over 80% of the city was destroyed by the quake and the
resulting fires.  Nearby cities suffered severe damage, too. 
Sanra Rosa's entire downtown was destroyed, as was much
of San Jose's.  Parts of the San Andreas fault moved as much as
28 feet.  Details.   Big Earthquakes.

  At the time San Francisco was America's 9th largest city.

Panic of 1907

       JP Morgan - Rescuer of the Stock Market in November 1907

   In late 1906, the Bank of England raised its interest rates to protect the Pound and keep more funds
   in London.  Tightening up interest rates brought more selling.

   Another factor was the Hepburn Act, which gave the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) the power
    to set maximum railroad rates.  This became law in July 1906.   Railroad stocks were sold off.  Union Pacific
   —among the most common stocks used as collateral—fell 50 points.

   June 1907 - an offering of New York City bonds failed.  This forced the city to consider bankruptcy.

   July 1907 -  the copper market collapsed.

   August 1907 - the Standard Oil Company was fined $29 million for antitrust violations.[10]

   In the first nine months of 1907, stocks were lower by 24.4%.[11]

    These factor led to the start a new trading range from 77 to 85, which lasted until Aug 7, 1907, when
the market began a speedier decline to 53 on Nov 14th.   There it double-bottomed on Nov 22, 1907 and
began a steady rally back to 105.53 on Nov 29, 1909.  It then lost about 1/2 of what it had gained from
1907 to 1909.  

  The details of the 1907 panic are well known.  See.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panic_of_1907
There was no national bank to step in and save Wall Street in 1907.  This was done by a consortium
of bankers led by JP Morgan and by the richest man in America, John D. Rockefeller.

Will The Gulf Coast Oil Spill
    Lead To A New Bear Market in 2010 or 2011?

Only two insurance stocks show bearish head and shoulders patterns now.
                                                    TRV shows bearish head and shoulders.
The Travelers Companies, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides various commercial and personal property
and casualty insurance products and services to businesses, government units, associations, and individuals
primarily in the United States

                                               ORI shows emerging bearish head and shoulders.
Old Republic International Corporation, through its subsidiaries, engages in insurance underwriting business.
It operates in three segments: General Insurance, Mortgage Guaranty, and Title Insurance. The General Insurance
segment provides liability insurance coverages to businesses, government, and other institutions in transportation,
commercial construction, forest products, energy, general manufacturing, and financial services sectors in North America



                         UNM reversed diwbward very sgarply after BP Destruction of Gulf