The Hall-Yoder Daily Assessment Index for November 19, 2001 is  -2.

Dark murmurings about the 10Q filing made back east late today  drove the index into the negative realm,  and the swarming of the largest flock of crows seen since the current crisis began had a kind of prophetic impetus:  "there will probably be much activity tomorrow,"  the dancing, frenetic, catapulting birds seemed to say.