What the Boston Bombing Means for the Economy and the Stock
Market  Unless the Boston Marathon bombings are part of a much
larger plot, it seems unlikely that their effects on the stock
market will last more than another day.    • Share   • Read
Later  Terrorism poisons everything. The greatest damage, of
course, results from the lives that are lost and the people who
are injured. Nonetheless, it’s natural to wonder whether an
event such as yesterday’s bombing at the Boston Marathon is
likely to have a longer-term impact on the economy and the stock
market.  Anything that makes people more anxious and uncertain
about the future has a negative effect on business and on
stocks. The bombing occurred shortly before 3 p.m. E.T., and the
Dow — which had earlier in the day started to rally from the
day’s lows — fell another 120 points in the last hour of
trading.  Is that likely to be it? Or should investors expect
further big losses over the coming days and even weeks? The
attack on September 11, 2001, seems to sug