Looks like the media is picking up now on a market rally. Someone owes me a gold star 
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE60I5NN20100119
Stocks would rise as the victory gives the Republicans 41 seats in the Senate, enough to filibuster President Obama's reform bills, including healthcare. Democrats would lose their 60-vote Senate super-majority that now lets them clear Republican procedural hurdles and pass legislation or confirm presidential nominees without a single Republican vote.
"The hope is (for) a return of gridlock, traditionally very favorable for equity markets," said Carmine Grigoli, chief U.S. investment strategist, equity division, at Mizuho Securities USA in New York.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE60I5NN20100119
Stocks would rise as the victory gives the Republicans 41 seats in the Senate, enough to filibuster President Obama's reform bills, including healthcare. Democrats would lose their 60-vote Senate super-majority that now lets them clear Republican procedural hurdles and pass legislation or confirm presidential nominees without a single Republican vote.
"The hope is (for) a return of gridlock, traditionally very favorable for equity markets," said Carmine Grigoli, chief U.S. investment strategist, equity division, at Mizuho Securities USA in New York.
You heard it here first at Elite Trader(tm)