Investors began to panic. Beneath it all, however, it is gratifying to know that many professionals have been urging people not to over-react. "In the medium and long term, the trend is still upward. While there will be setbacks in the course of the rise, the market will take a turn for the better later on," predicts Chen Wen-ching of Yuan Ta investment consultants.
稍稍令人心安的是，在一片恐慌性殺盤中，不少投信業者卻力勸客戶不要反應過度，「台灣股市中長期多頭走勢已經形成，儘管過程會有波折，後市還是看好的」，元大投資顧問公司分析師陳文慶預言。