Did You Miss the Stock Market Explosion?

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russ_watters said:
What do you mean?

You didn't check the link?

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Alcoa Inc 26.35 +14.99 +138.67% 1/10 9:11pm
Bank of America Corporation 27.49 +13.95 +107.39% 1/10 9:11pm
Citigroup, Inc. 25.18 +18.02 +266.96% 1/10 9:11pm
General Motors Corporation 29.97 +25.93 +643.42% 1/10 9:11pm

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Not sure where the data are originating, but that indicates trading on Saturday. Perhaps after hours. Or someone is pumping the stock to make a killing.

Or someone hacked CNN's site.

The Dow30 were down Friday when the US markets closed.
 
It looks like CNN got their Dow30 page and others fixed.

Wall Street eyes quarterly results
Stocks set to open lower as investors brace for start of what is expected to be a grim corporate reporting period.
http://money.cnn.com/2009/01/12/markets/stockswatch/index.htm

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Peter Cardillo, chief market economist for Avalon Partners, said markets have already "baked in" weak earnings from companies like aluminum producer Alcoa on Monday and from chipmaker Intel (INTC, Fortune 500) on Thursday, but they could still keep stocks from advancing, he said.

"The negative news coming out of earnings will keep us in a defensive trading range most of the week," said Cardillo.
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Alcoa . . . . is due to post results after the market close.
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Lucky you. My stocks crashed the other day.