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The futures market is about unloading some risk on others so that catastrophic events will not create bankruptcy. Some years ago, a market for terrorism had been discussed as a way to minimize the economic damage as well as a predictor of threats. Well, it never happened like so many other financial instruments that never got beyond a 'thesis' stage.
However American Science and Engineering is a company selling security equipment. In previous times, their stock has risen in response to perceived threat. If bin Laden's prophesy was that unsuccessful bombing in Saudi Arabia, then ASEI stock should return to normal. However the chart says something different:
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