Checking on the Nonfarm payrolls announcement days for the last several months, SPX rallied each of these days following the very bad reports and closed higher. The rallies continued on the next day (Monday). This has become a pattern for the Nonfarm report days lately. But Past performance does not guarantee future results though
This rumor about Geithner and "mark-to-market" has been floating around for the past couple of days . . Today, the EuroDollars are surging and acting as if something is in the "pipeline" to make life easier for the Banks.