Markets Soar, SEC Clamps Down, Feds Debt Plan
The stock market soared today on news that the Federal Reserve is considering creating an entity to contain bad real estate debts; much like the RTC after the Saving&Loan debacle of the go go 1980’s. Short sell regulations and clamping down on free wheeling hedge funds have also been suggested to help control the chaos. Moral hazards and passing the buck to taxpayers are two of the arguments being floated against the intervention. The DJIA closed up +378.52 to 10988.18, the Nasdaq climbed an astounding +100.25 to 2199.10 and the broad based S&P 500 exploded up +46.09 to 1202.48.
Morgan Stanley
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General Motors
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Citigroup
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Oil climbed $0.92 to $98.08/barrel, Gold slipped $3.00 to $847.50 and the short term VIX fell 6.81% TO 33.84 on market optimism.
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