well after listening to portions of Bernackis speech , I'm thinking the initial reaction for markets will be this initial plunge which will be overdone and resolve back to test any broken areas of support. Into the new year if easing starts to taper then things may seriously start to fall apart. There are already calls for the gold bull funeral procession, but I'm not so sure the healing process has begun in global economies or whether things have gotten so bad some of those worst case senaerios may start to play out, financial chaos and all that.I have concern over some of the articles on China as of late which may weigh heavily on commodities for some time yet. It will def. be a relief if and when this sector starts to turn. There should be some interesting reads from the bulls on this plunge.