U.S. stock markets soared on Wednesday, recovering from a Christmas Eve trading day that was the worst in the history of the Dow Jones.
The Dow Jones closed up 1,086, or 5 percent, while the S&P 500 rose 116 points, also 5 percent, defying a bear market.
The spike represented the highest-ever single-day point increase for the Dow, and its best daily percentage gain since 2009.
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Okay, but still a long way to go to catch up for the terrible losses of the last month. My stock portfolio was chopped in half.
Same here, my stocks in amazon and several pharmacutical and petroleum companies also took a beating
May hashem replenish your losses.
You could always sell. There is no law requiring to only buy and hold. You could also buy some puts if the market is down.
You mean, be a total idiot? Buy high and sell low???
Jerry, I meant sell high when it went up 1000 points. Oh, by that way the Dow is down around 450 points.