The herd was thundering today all right with the dow roaring 321 points, the s p pole vaulting 1. 66 and the nasdaq screaming higher 1. 65 n. The last 24 hours we have witnessed some of the greatest short gains i have seen as well as downright disastrous bets against companies that manage to produce herculeanly fabulous results. Today it did so in breathtaking fashion. Before the winners and the losers let me say unlike almost any other time i can recall its the action of the panicked short sellers that are in charge here. They are controlling the prices you see. They are the ones who are moving stocks in either direction. Sure today we were helped by the European Central bank staying easy for longer than many thought. Whats driving the market on a moment to moment basis is short bets that are gone awry where where big hedge funds buy s p futures in order to cover shorts against the market or short sellers who had to cover shorts by buying stock because the sellers never materialized a
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