First day on the job, Market soars 80 pts.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

figures.

[originalpckelly]

1. Will we blame him for it going down 100 pts when it does?

It's going to happen. I think we ought not take credit so early for anything, these markets are all fucked up, and it's like playing with a pissy lion.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

2. you may call it play.

pissy lions call it lunch.

[originalpckelly]

5. "Is that lunch?"

"Yes, here he comes now!"

:P

[ChairmanAgnostic]

9. comes equiped with tooth picks, too.

[AlinPA]

3. Maybe more like a pissy skunk these days.

[originalpckelly]

6. That too...

[stillcool]

10. absolutely..

Pat Buchanan blamed the losses yesterday on the new President.

[Winterblues]

12. Wasn't the market officially closed before the Oath of Office was administered?

Obama was not President during that market decline so it is hard to blame "the new President".

[jsamuel]

13. no

[Winterblues]

16. Doesn't the Market close at 12:00PM?

And wasn't Obama sworn it at 12:01 PM?

[Statistical]

18. The market closed a 4PM same as everyday.

9:30AM-4PM normal trading hours (8AM-8PM extended hours).

[Winterblues]

19. Oops I was thinking about where I live

It closes at 12:00 noon here but Obama was sworn in at 8:00AM here. I was wrong and embarrassed about it. Sorry.

[stillcool]

14. Pat Buchanan did..

that's all I know.

[jsamuel]

4. yesterday doesn't count?

[ChairmanAgnostic]

7. trying to ignore it, much like the last 8 yrs.

cut me some slack, cuz, I am still pinching myself.

[stillcool]

11. Sure does. Pat Buchanan...

said yesterday the losses were because of Obama.

[tritsofme]

8. Don't know if Dow +80 is really "soaring"

But it couldn't be a bad start.

[apnu]

15. Especially if you consider the wide swings, almost daily, the Market has seen in the last few months

(nt)

[Statistical]

17. Exactly in the last year virtually all DOW changes have been 80+ pts.

Better subject line would be:
On first day of office a completely normal up day to the market.