In light of the current market and economic environment and the 24/7 news coverage of it all, we are sharing our views on five drivers of current and future stock market activity. In this October 2008 Special Market Commentary, we discuss in more detail how poor investor sentiment, heightened stock market volatility, seemingly cheap valuations, much cheaper commodity prices, as well as massive global government response to this crisis should work together to set the stage for future gains in the stock market.