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- Stocks will rally, rather than plunge, if Israel sends troops into Gaza, according to one market veteran.
- "That would be a signal to the market that it's going to be very sharp, very quick, and then we're going to be at the end of it," Tim Anderson said Wednesday.
- Anderson's view clashes with the consensus on Wall Street, where investors are worried the Middle-Eastern crisis could escalate into a wider conflict.
Wall Street is fretting about Israel launching a ground invasion of Gaza – but one veteran investor thinks it could set the stage for a stock-market rally.
TJM Investments managing director Tim Anderson, who's been trading for over three decades, said Wednesday that Israeli troops moving into the territory could signal that the conflict in the Middle East is nearing its end, which would help power equities higher.