Ok andios this is my thoughts to be honest firstly i think this week if you see the dow industries say yesterday there was more rises then fallers but the dow went down mostly because of cat and other was because of wilma. i think the traders do not want to be catched ot like last time with katrina so the bulls satyed out of the markets until next week. Secondly regarding intrest rates the markets are expecting a move up and this is priced into the market and thridy well dates short term into nov 1st slight down on the dow after the announcement if there is a high most likely but hay never know the yanks. Then a few days after that market will rise and into december all wall st traders will be looking for there big bonuses and the dow will end up as i said most likly flat for the year around 10050-10600ish. So this is my penny worth.
Long term i reckon after the second quarter market will come down and into 3 will be a steep decline towards 9700ish. I think. Please do your own research this is only m opinion.