April Fools’ Rally
Futures are ripping higher this morning, presumably on the news that some of the financials might not crash and burn after all:
U.S. stock-index futures climbed after plans by Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. and UBS AG to raise about $18 billion of fresh capital boosted speculation that financial firms will weather mounting credit losses. [Bloomberg]
/ES is up 15 points, while the /YMs are up 127. Maybe this is the big rally everyone was looking for; or maybe it’s just April Fools’ Day.
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Tags: april fools, financials, futures


Tue, Apr 1, 2008 | Jared
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