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Stocks cheer Fed; Dow up 350 points as tech rallies
cnbc.com ^ | December 18, 2014 | Kate Gibson

Posted on 12/18/2014 12:49:58 PM PST by John W

U.S. stocks surged on Thursday, extending Wall Street's best day of the year, after the Federal Reserve said it would be patient in increasing interest rates.

"The reality is markets were hit with we're not sure what's happening and why, as oil has been acting as something akin to a global interest rate. The good news is the Fed is aware of what is going on, and they want to be friendly, so people are hopefully in better cheer," said Jack Caffrey, equity portfolio manager at J.P. Morgan.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnbc.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: dow; fed; stockmarket
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1 posted on 12/18/2014 12:49:58 PM PST by John W
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To: John W

Cuban Cigars and Rum all around!


2 posted on 12/18/2014 12:54:13 PM PST by mylife
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To: John W

Probably a ‘dead cat bounce’, but that dead cat has bounced so much during the past few years, I’m surprised there’s enough of it left for the Buzzards to eat.


3 posted on 12/18/2014 12:55:04 PM PST by KoRn (Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
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To: KoRn

They were looking for any reason to “bump” the market.


4 posted on 12/18/2014 12:56:09 PM PST by stephenjohnbanker (The only people in the world who fear Obama are American citizens.)
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To: John W

I was down $70K in less than two weeks; now in two days, I’m nearly back to where I was.

As an experienced investor, I never panic....well, hardly ever.


5 posted on 12/18/2014 12:59:18 PM PST by proxy_user
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To: John W

Yellen, interest rates, and her appearance IMO gave the market a lot of confidence that the oil dump would not impact the banks, because as you know, after all, that is whom we all work for.


6 posted on 12/18/2014 1:00:43 PM PST by Attention Surplus Disorder (At no time was the Obama administration aware of what the Obama administration was doing)
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To: John W
Printing $5 TRILLION of new money out of thin air and funneling it to Wall St will do wonders for stock values.

The absolute largest transfer of wealth in the history of the world.

When the printing stops, Professor Chaos will reign.


7 posted on 12/18/2014 1:01:19 PM PST by newfreep ("Evil succeeds when good men do nothting" - Edmund Burke)
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To: John W

Wherever I go, I see affluence and prosperity unbounded . . . rose-colored glasses (and avoiding well over half of the United States) will do that for a person.


8 posted on 12/18/2014 1:03:29 PM PST by madprof98
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BS—Does anybody really believe that Obama and the DIMS would allow the market to tank the week before Christmas?

Fire-up the printing press, Janet—Folks have to think it’s OK to spend money this holiday season.


9 posted on 12/18/2014 1:03:49 PM PST by Arm_Bears (Rope. Tree. Politician. Some assembly required.)
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To: stephenjohnbanker

I have no doubt at all that it’s a rigged ‘casino’.

I wouldn’t put my money in it. People will do just great, then the powers that be(the Fed and others) will decide to pull out, and people like us will be left holding the bag, and BROKE.

The only way to ‘win’ is not to play....


10 posted on 12/18/2014 1:04:46 PM PST by KoRn (Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
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To: KoRn

People who understand the market do ok. They know when to sell out, and then “short” Most people don’t know to do this.
Even smart ones can get hurt.


11 posted on 12/18/2014 1:08:18 PM PST by stephenjohnbanker (The only people in the world who fear Obama are American citizens.)
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To: stephenjohnbanker

“Don’t gamble; take all your savings and buy some good stock and hold it till it goes up, then sell it. If it don’t go up, don’t buy it.” Will Rogers


12 posted on 12/18/2014 1:11:28 PM PST by abb ("News reporting is too important to be left to the journalists." Walter Abbott (1950 -))
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To: John W

So the government is buying more stocks...

Another day, another trillion...


13 posted on 12/18/2014 1:15:05 PM PST by DoughtyOne (The question is Jeb Bush. The answer is NO!)
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To: John W

Up 420 as I write this.


14 posted on 12/18/2014 1:16:53 PM PST by DoughtyOne (The question is Jeb Bush. The answer is NO!)
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To: stephenjohnbanker

Same with metals. You always hear the stories about how they really made a killing.

Those who don’t, are mysteriously very quiet about it.


15 posted on 12/18/2014 1:17:52 PM PST by DoughtyOne (The question is Jeb Bush. The answer is NO!)
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To: abb

LOL!


16 posted on 12/18/2014 1:18:10 PM PST by stephenjohnbanker (The only people in the world who fear Obama are American citizens.)
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To: DoughtyOne

” You always hear the stories about how they really made a killing.

Those who don’t, are mysteriously very quiet about it.”

Like the people flipping houses in SoCal,Las Vegas, and Phoenix
when the sub-prime bubble burst.


17 posted on 12/18/2014 1:20:07 PM PST by stephenjohnbanker (The only people in the world who fear Obama are American citizens.)
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To: stephenjohnbanker

Heh heh heh...

Ouch!

I hear ya.


18 posted on 12/18/2014 1:21:22 PM PST by DoughtyOne (The question is Jeb Bush. The answer is NO!)
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To: John W
The good news is the Fed is aware of what is going on, and they want to be friendly

He's right. The Fed is definitely friendly to J.P. Morgan...and hostile to the savings of the average American.

19 posted on 12/18/2014 1:21:26 PM PST by lonevoice (Life is short. Make fun of it.)
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I wanna be the next John Paulson, LOL


20 posted on 12/18/2014 1:21:47 PM PST by nascarnation (Impeach, Convict, Deport)
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