Samson77, why say I ask "a silly question".
It was just a general invitation to comment, reflect, try a forecast, or whatever concerning the DOW. Guidelines, not really, just a recap on the recent DOW numbers.
For example, Iraq doesn't help the investing mood. Transition to an interim govt, using their own policing and withdrawing US troops to a main base in Iraq would do wonders. It would be better if the US goes to the background and just uses airpower and rocketry to blow away recalcitrant insurgent spots when necessary.
Keep US troops off the Iraqi streets. Stop troop losses because sending body bags home is very unsettling to the nation at large.
Of course there are other factors, economic and corporate, impacting the DOW (without going into them in this particular post).