The DOW's up over 200 points this morning

[VWolf]

Tell me, John, what's the rush?

[nradisic]

1. Free money?

What a joke.

[Junkdrawer]

16. oh, boy, oh, boy, oh, boy, oh, boy...

This is going to be GREAT...

[marmar]

2. Up on the anticipation of a bailout....The rest of the financial news today is dismal.

n/t

[Amonester]

3. They have too much liquidity on their hands.

Blood, sweat, and tears, that is.

[Amonester]

5. And they know they'll get more of the same.

From their 'friendz' in high places.

[no limit]

4. Don't you know? The only reason it's up is because McCain stopped his campaign yesterday

[VWolf]

7. LOL Best explanation so far

McToast's stunt is so bald-faced that even Joe Sixpack can see through it.

[HereSince1628]

6. Yeah, that's only 3000 points off the 14000 pt high of last year this time

What the heck? What kind of free-marketeer cant tolerate a 21% loss in their portfolio spread across an entire year? Damn, that's years of a tax-dodge heaven.

My goodness, the way they act you'd think that the financial institutions were too critical to leave vulnerable to market forces.

[gravity]

8. Traders are expecting the bailout to pass

So the market moved accordingly

[The_Casual_Observer]

9. It will be back down tomorrow.

[HereSince1628]

12. This is not a dead cat bounce, it's a "dying fish flopping"

[lpbk2713]

10. Must be Wall Street's way of saying "STFU John"

Or to put it another way ... "Don't let the screen door smack you on your pasty white ass on the way out .... and take Lady Bullwinkle with you."

[SammyWinstonJack]

15. ROFL!

Lady Bullwinkle :rofl:

[LeftHander]

11. It will red at 2 p.m.....been the trend. nt

[SmokingJacket]

13. Unless the push a bailout through.

Then I think it's going to shoot up.

But if they foot drag... you're right.

[Johonny]

14. 200 points isn't much

considering the size of the money the congress is talking about. I'd say its a luke warm reaction.

[tama]

17. Makes perfect sense

durable goods dropped only seven percent... :D

Seriously, seeing this nearly total disconnect between real economy and the financial potemkin (leech-)economy, why should the class of leeches (banks etc.) be bailed out in any way?