If stocks were humans, the S&P 500’s 9.3% move from 4,950 at 11 a.m. in New York to 5,456.90 at the close was one for the ages.
I was working for a client around 1:30 EST when I looked at the Google Finance quote page. The index was green, but more importantly, it showed an 8%+ gain. My first reaction was it had to be wrong. There was no way it was correct.
