In
yesterdays' closing post, I cynically remarked that the powers that be
(TPTB) would manufacture a good-sized bounce after the drubbing the
markets took:
" I expect at least some bounce (1355?)
tomorrow morning -- perhaps a result of overnight news designed to
stabilize the markets... Keep an eye on news in the morning -- euro zone, of course, but also
the ADP employment figures (pathetically always great) and crude
inventories."
ADP reliably reported better than expected
employment gains, gasoline
inventories fell 1.6 MM barrels instead of the 100,000 gain expected, TPTB across the pond were all agog at
how well the debt swap is going and -- just for good measure -- a
QE rumor was leaked to WSJ reporter and Fed mouthpiece Jon Hilsenrath. Even the WSJ's
Marketwatch thinks this PPT reaction was a little too obvious.
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Bears could be excused for feeling like the
deck is stacked against them -- because it is. The plunge protection cabal is
alive and well. Of course, it was alive and well last July, too, when
the market fell 18% in a matter of 12 sessions. Hmmm...
[reprinted from today's daily post]
