Gary Poster, with essential assists from Galyn Norwood, Phiroon Phihakendr, Jose Quijada, Pavandeep Kalra. RJR Nabisco finally quits smoking.
Semi stocks are back.
At one point during the day, the Dow was up almost 120 points, and the Nasdaq was up around 40 points. That was when bond yields were moving in the right direction, but the good behavior didn't last. While a few basis point gain doesn't sound all that dramatic, there are lots of nervous Nellies out there. I KNOW I won't be able to sleep tonight. OK, OK, it wasn't that dramatic.