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The FTSE 250 closed 11.4 % down on Friday, its worst drop ever. I think it's a extremely premature to be saying everything is fine. No-one will know for several years whether it was a good decision or not.

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Or maybe the article is trying to calm nerves by saying that the markets were already prepared for this, and so the stock hit is done and over.

Hard to predict, but I like that the article is trying to calm people, rather than freaking people out.

I heard Greenspan is predicting that this will be a catalyst for widespread turmoil, which sort suggests that it won't be.

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