“Technology stocks put in early gains Tuesday as the sector rose along with the broad market following the Federal Reserve’s latest efforts to stimulate the economy,” Rex Crum reports for MarketWatch.
“Before the market opened, the Fed said it would extend its securities lending program and lend up to $200 billion worth of Treasury securities to secured deals for 28 days instead of overnight,” Crum reports.
“Following the Fed’s move, the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index rose 42 points, or 2%, to 2,211. The Morgan Stanley High Tech 35 Index and the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index each rose as much as 2%,” Crum reports.
“Notable gains came from Apple Inc. which rose $3.92, or more than 3%, to $123.61.
Full article here.
I enjoy broad gains, but the loses are always a bitch….
No, it’s because they updated the fan on the Macbook Air.
Dammit, that means the Ultra-Short Funds are going to be down this afternoon.
Ampar, no shorts-down puns, please. This is serious.
It won’t last. This is just short covering and the market will give back most of the gains by the close today I predict.
And the US$ rose 1 cent verso swiss franc today… 97 US cents for 1 Sfr.
To Sum Jung Gai: O.K. It seams like a waist but no off the cuff remarks.
The central banks of Canada, the UK, Switzerland, and the European Central Bank were also in on this maneuver. Just tryin’ to help you Yanks out.
Between TT and Ampar, I gotta go change my underwear……
Buster
sounds like you had some short gains….
Butt don’t worry, this two must pass.
Only $80 a share more to go!!!
The slowing economy still spells bad news for Apple: iPod sales are down, Macbook Air isn’t getting traction despite the positive spin put on by MDN, and iPhone has 1% of total handset market.
Magic Word: problem – how appropriate
joey, you ignorant slut.
You are such a poet, C1.
Yea, verily.
I made a cool $3,500 on that Fed move this morning.
Gotta love FOREX.
Yeah, great move for the long term. The Fed is bailing out irresponsible mortgage lenders by allowing them to post shady mortgage backed securities as collateral for high quality greenbacks. Your tax dollar at work, propping up an industry whose executives made millions.
The dollar will continue to fall, since the Fed is printing more of ’em, then they will turn around and drop interest rates again, the will help greedy slime on Wall Street while regular blokes will get hit with 10% inflation and $4- / gallon gas.
Why didn’t we vote for Ron Paul?
TT….damnit….gotta go change again.
Sorry, Buster.
Meanwhile, I will wipe that cheesy smile off my face…
Phew…thanks. I was starting to smell bad…..
@joey,
“The slowing economy still spells bad news for Apple: iPod sales are down,” — Who says? Sheeeze. iPod sales acceleration is off. Big difference.
“Macbook Air isn’t getting traction despite the positive spin put on by MDN,” — again, who says? I hear that sales are greater than availablity so people are having to wait for units. ???
“and iPhone has 1% of total handset market.” — And there are more cockroaches than Joeys so they must be better than you. Hmmm, how does it feel to be less than a cockroach???
1% of the TOTAL cell market??? What are you trying to compare? Apples to Oranges?? or just fruit and joeys??? LOL
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Magic Word: problem – how appropriate”
Macbones;
The Fed doesn’t print money. The dollar is falling because foreign banks and other large holders of dollars are dumping them on the market based upon the weakness of the US market. When the Fed drops interest rates, that has the affect of enlarging the money supply, as does the lending policy they just announced. It’s like printing money only it doesn’t cost the government anything like a printing operation does.
The US Mint prints money, and that operation does not release that new cash into the economy. That function is performed by the Fed as it replaces paper bills one for one as they wear out.
It is old fashioned to print money to enlarge the money supply – it is inefficient, costly, and takes way too much time, while the Fed’s other mechanisms for doing that with interest rates and lending policies cost nothing and affect the economy much more immediately.
If you are going to criticize the government, at least learn how it operates, first!
Nice one C1
Now joey apologize to everyone or TT will have to pull your shorts down and give you a spanking.
@DogGone
Don’t have him pull his shorts down. My eyes would bleed.
@Towertone, I enjoy broad gains, but the loses are always a bitch….
As are the losses.
why oh why, didn’t i sell at $200?
maybe because I’m a greedy? or just plain lazy? or maybe a little bit of both?