And, yes, I DO take it personally: $200B in funny money causes Dow to surge

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And, yes, I DO take it personally

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

$200B in funny money causes Dow to surge

a headline to make a grown man cry...

Stocks Surge After Fed Lends $200 Billion to Banks

Wall Street enjoyed its best trading day in more than five
years on Tuesday -- complete with a 400-point gain in the Dow
Jones industrial average -- after the Federal Reserve
injected a burst of financial adrenaline into the ailing

oh, yay...

Labels: Ben Bernanke, Dow Jones, economic collapse, Federal Reserve System, fiat money, financial markets, Wall Street