Quote from garbo:
This is what has been driving this rally all along: Traders getting short in anticipation of the plunge (Ã la 2002).
Then some buying interest comes in, and every short gets stopped out.
I disagree.. this rally has more to it than short covering... thats what people think but it really has more to do with ending the war.. and hopefully the economy rebounding...
Shorts covering does not cause stocks to rally for multi months.... short covering is those huge pops you see on a chart.. not nice sustained uptrends.. such as Ebay...