Come Tuesday, investors are in for a nasty surprise; expect the rocket ride to come to a screeching halt.
A sudden tightening would be a nasty surprise for those who expect the economy to recover in March or April.
One game maker, Acclaim Entertainment, publisher of the popular Turok action games, had a nasty surprise for Wall Street last Thursday, reporting a much deeper loss than expected for its fiscal fourth quarter, blaming weak sales for Turok and its other top games.
It will be a nasty surprise for all concerned.
Somebody, somewhere, may still receive a nasty surprise over the next two weeks.
Nasty surprise: A nasty surprise in a sandwich, a drawing-pin caught in your sock, the limpest of shakes from a hand which you'd thought would be firm as a rock.
Prison officers searching for weapons and contraband got a nasty surprise in a Victorian cell.
Occasionally, though, a team will get a nasty surprise - as Ferrari did last year.
"More specifically, a budget should be constructed for the last two months of the year, rather than just loading it all on the credit card and getting a nasty surprise in January," says Gregory Hart, a financial planner in Haddonfield, NJ.
"People who come expecting English understatement are in for a nasty surprise," he says.
But thanks to sky-high costs of natural gas, households expecting a 6% drop on their January bills could be in for a nasty surprise.
