Tuesday, February 12, 2013

State of the Union vs The Futures

This will be kind of fun:

State of the Union Address scheduled for 9:00 - 10:30 on the network television schedule.

So, let's track the futures:

February 13, 2013, 5:11 am; the Dow, up 14; oil, up 13 cents.

February 12, 2013, during the speech/rebuttal/analysis:

10: 39 pm: the Dow, up 10 points; oil, up 2 cents.

10:08 pm: the Dow, up 9 points; oil, up 9 cents.

9: 42 pm: the Dow, up 12 points; oil, up 10 cents.

9:18 pm: the Dow, up 11 points; oil, up 7 cents.