After weekend concerns over the way U.S. markets would react to the terrorist attacks in Paris, early trading on Monday morning indicates that markets are relatively stable. Both the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average opened the week slightly higher.

Markets Remain Stable

Not only are U.S. equity markets stable, there also appears to be very little “flight to safety” trading on Monday morning. The SPDR Gold Trust (ETF) GLD 0.22% is up less than 1 percent, the United States Oil Fund LP (ETF) USO 0.5% is down 1.3 percent and the iShares Barclays 20+ Yr Treas.Bond (ETF) TLT 0.33% is mostly flat in early trading.

No 9/11 Drop

On the first day of trading following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the US, the market traded…

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