The Market On Tuesday

  Good morning. It is 43 degrees and sunny here in Upstate NY. Looking like another gorgeous Fall day and we can use it. I hope the weather can hold out for a few more weeks because I've got some house painting that needs get done before the snow flies.

  At 8:20 a.m. ET futures are significantly lower and the price of oil per barrel is down. The market is poised to open significantly lower.

  Investors have a double misery presentation to fret over this morning, the abatement of QE3 and the GOP led lunacy to shut down the government. Leave it to Republicans and it's extra-misery terrible infant the Tea Knuckle Head Party to take delight in wrecking the economy for the ordinary American. If it's GOP, it's misery. Seriously, people make money on the markets going up and going down so there has to be huge gobs of money in there for somebody for the the GOP to go out of it's knuckle head way to shut down the government. After all, as we know, the GOP is there for one reason only and that's to assist the billionaires of the world.

CNN: U.S. policy clouds weigh on stocks

Investors are again worried about the possibility of a U.S. government shutdown and its impact on the economy. They're also wary about the Federal Reserve's next monetary policy move...