Given that the economy continues to spiral downwards (there is no good news for investors on the horizon), Obama's inaguration probably kept it from dropping 600 points instead of the 300 it did today.

All of the hope tied to Obama's Presidency is in stark contrast to the realities of this economy. On the front page of todays Wall Street Journal a black man, who lost his job, and now is running out of unemployment benefits, but trying to get an extension, said basically, he has no hope, he needs to see results from our new President.

I wish our new President all the best.