Because while to ConEd, the bulk of New York south of 34th Street can operate without electricity for days, the stock exchange must.be.online.or.else.the.terrorists.win:
- NYSE TO OPEN FOR NORMAL TRADING OPERATIONS ON WEDNESDAY
- NASDAQ STOCK MARKET, OTHER NASDAQ OMX-OWNED EXCHANGES OPEN WED
Why? Just so hedge funds can square away position for month end. In other news, CNN furious trying to figure out how the NYSE TV stuido in downtown Manhattan (because all the trading actually takes place out of a fortress in Mahwah, NJ), can operate under 3 feet of water.