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Rumors Of Greek Bailout Produce Monster Victory For The Bulls
The Business Insider ^ | 2-9-2010 | Vince Veneziani

Posted on 02/09/2010 2:28:31 PM PST by blam

Rumors Of Greek Bailout Produce Monster Victory For The Bulls

Vince Veneziani
Feb. 9, 2010, 4:03 PM

All it took was a rumor about Greece to bail this market out.

The Dow closed up 136 points to end at 10,045. The NASDAQ closed at 2147, up 22 points, and the S&P 500 gained 12 points to close at 1068.

Energy led the rally today, followed closely by the insurance and consumer goods industry.

Oil rallied $2 to close at $73.87 a barrel.

Gold rose to $1077.70, up $11.50 an ounce. Silver gained $0.38 to finish at $15.46.


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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bhodjia; bullmarket; commodities; greece; oil; stocks
The DJIA closed up 150.25 points today. See here.


1 posted on 02/09/2010 2:28:31 PM PST by blam
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To: blam

Just a little news to Greece the wheels.


3 posted on 02/09/2010 2:30:03 PM PST by SlowBoat407 (Social Justice is the goal of all liberal legislation.)
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To: blam
If EU bails out Greece,Spain and Portugal, who is going to bail EU? China?
4 posted on 02/09/2010 2:34:56 PM PST by steveab (When was the last time someone tried to sell you a CO2 induced climate control system for your home?)
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To: blam

“Monster”? lol.

Patching over eurosocialism to buy a little time.


5 posted on 02/09/2010 2:36:20 PM PST by qwertypie
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To: blam

Wall Street cheering another ***4 letter word***ing bailout. It is great to be an investor when the rest of us gets to pay for your crappy choices you made chasing that extra quarter percent of return.


6 posted on 02/09/2010 2:39:31 PM PST by C19fan
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To: blam

After markets closed, some interesting headers at ZeroHedge:

http://www.zerohedge.com/article/latest-germany-greece-must-solve-own-budget-problem

http://www.zerohedge.com/article/here-comes-selling-germany-claims-greek-bailout-rumors-are-unfounded-confusion-reigns

And here is a bombshell: http://www.zerohedge.com/article/senior-chinese-military-officers-joins-iran-delivering-punch-us-propose-selling-treasuries-a as in US Treasuries!! Ouch!!


7 posted on 02/09/2010 2:40:51 PM PST by TruthConquers (Delendae sunt publicae scholae)
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To: SlowBoat407
It still doesn't answer the question.

If Russia attacks Turkey from the rear,will Greece help?

8 posted on 02/09/2010 2:41:01 PM PST by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 . Tax the poor. Taxes will give them a stake in society)
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To: blam
Yeah, we've postponed the inevitable. Time to party!
9 posted on 02/09/2010 2:43:32 PM PST by KarlInOhio (Special SOTU tagline: YOU LIE!)
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To: blam

Tonight we’re gonna party like it’s 1999.


10 posted on 02/09/2010 2:45:53 PM PST by douginthearmy
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To: TruthConquers
Darkness Falls Over A Europe In Chaos, As German, Swedish, And UK Leaders Have Different Ideas For Solving Greece
11 posted on 02/09/2010 2:47:53 PM PST by blam
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To: blam

Thanks!!

Hard to keep up with this fast moving story.


12 posted on 02/09/2010 2:55:08 PM PST by TruthConquers (Delendae sunt publicae scholae)
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To: SlowBoat407

What does this do to the 7.2 billion worth of short sales of the Euro?


13 posted on 02/09/2010 3:47:00 PM PST by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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