U.S. stocks ended higher Friday, leaving the market with monthly losses but with large gains for a holiday-shortened week that saw investors increasingly confident that much of a dire economic outlook already has been priced in.Since wingnuts were howling and laughingly blaming Barack Obama for Bush's market crash just a week ago, I thought I'd hear some praise this week for Obama for the "best five-day percentage gain since 1932".
... Even more impressive, the Dow gained 1,277 points, or 17%, in just five sessions, marking its best five-day percentage gain since 1932, and its best five-day point gain on record.
Well, I didn't really think that would happen. As bad as wingnuts are at consistency, they're even worse at integrity.