When Mercurial Is The Word, Traders Speak of Love, or Not

By MATT RICHTEL
Published: August 8, 2002

Todd Nagel, who trades stocks full time in downtown San Francisco, dismissed Wall Street's biggest event on Tuesday. He was so unconcerned about the news — the earnings report from Cisco Systems , an ostensible market bellwether — that shortly after the New York markets had closed, he turned off his computer and headed home for the day. ...