tonight's market monitor is sam stovall, chief equity strategist at s&p. sam, it was such an ugly third quarter what, does history tell us to expect in the fourth quarter? >> well, actually, history says that we might end up with a fairly favorable fourth quarter because this most recent decline of more than 14% was the tenth time sense world war ii that we had a third-quarter decline in excess of 10%. and in the prior times, the army price change was a gain of 7.2%, and we saw the market rise in eight of those nine bskses. >> tom: so odds are fourth quarter will actually see higher prices from the prices we see tonight. but can the rally last into 2012? >> i don't really think so. i think it's what i would call a tale of two time frame where's we might end up with an endof year rally because we were so oversold in the third quarter. we then bounced back in the fourth quarter. the bar is set fairly low for third-quarter earnings reports and i guess just nobody is really expecting a santa claus rally. we might be pleasantly surprised. but as away head into 2

and the markets, and we wrap up wall street's third quarter with standard and poor's strategist sam stovall. he's our friday "market monitor" guest. a japanese auto supplier has agreed to plead guilty and pay a $200 million fine to settle a criminal price-fixing scam that ran partly out of detroit. the settlement was announced today by the u.s. department of justice. three furukawa executives have also agreed to plead guilty and serve prison time in the u.s. ranging from 12 to 18 months. it's the government's first charges as a result of its ongoing international investigation of price fixing in the auto parts industry. >> tom: a group of privacy advocates wants uncle sam to investigate facebook. the american civil liberties union and the electronic privacy information center are among the nine groups asking the federal trade commission to look into how the social networking giant collects data about its users' online activities. the groups are worried recent changes to the site give facebook far greater ability to share users' personal information with businesses. >> susie: many teens have

. >> susie: here's what we're watching for next week: sam stovall joins us on friday to wrap up wall street's third quarter. and we'll get an update on the housing market with the reports on new home sales and home prices. and monday, it's our "word on the street." thestreet.com's chief market strategist, robert walberg, joins us for the latest on the markets. >> susie: a "for sale" sign could be hanging at the world's top market for industrial metals. the london metal exchange said today it's considering selling, after receiving several inquiries. record trading volumes for commodities have made the exchange an attractive takeover target. the banks and trading houses that own the london exchange have hired an advisor, but say it may or may not lead to a deal. the exchange accounts for 80% of trading volume in global metal futures. n.b.a. players and owners still can't agree on how to share earnings. the league is canceling its first week of preseason games and postponing training camps indefinitely. the two sides are at odds over salary caps and the length of player contracts. if th

i'm sam stovall -- stan stovall. here is a look at one of our top stories.a group of alleged arsonists are at large and police say they are targeting victims at random. since mid september, nine homes have been hit with molotov cocktails. most of the incident occurred in the northwest section of the city. so far, there has been no significant property damage and no reports of injuries. police do not have a description of the suspects but they are asking everyone to keep an eye out and to call if they see anyone or anything suspicious. let's get a check of the morning commute. here is traffic pulse 11. >> we have a couple of situations. one that just cleared, 895 northbound at the harbor tunnel, a disabled vehicle has been cleared and traffic is back open. hollins ferry at hammons ferry, a crash. 795 at owings mills, press. peddicoat between walfield and kinfield -- and route 23 at grafton shop pro. and 50 right at 97 a crash we are dealing with as well. a crash out -- and look outside the beltway. it the west side. the delays are easing somewhat. switching t