i m outfront. erwinerin burnet. the dow down 276 points. europe i don t know crisis took a bit out of the u.s. markets and former goldman sachs chief and new jersey governor jon corzine s company, mf global filed for bankruptcy today. after more than $6 billion in bets on europe gone bad. the spook, though, only went so far, because when you look at it over the past month, the dow industrials up more than 1,000 points for the month of october. that s 9.6%, and it s the best since 2002. the s&p 500 up almost 11%. its best gain since december of 1991. stocks were spooked, fitting, because it is halloween. and new jersey governor chris christie told kids to stay home. yeah, he cancelled halloween for people who lost power. all right. the republican candidates seem to be celebrating halloween. we called every single campaign and figured they must all be out trick or treating tonight with kids or grandkids. we re not kidding. only rick santorum, the one with trick or treat age