485 points on the dow (to the upside)

By Edward Harrison On Sep 30, 2008

It’s not 777 points, but 485 points up will have to do for anyone who is not excited about a market crash. Financials were way up today despite the fact that Paulson’s Economic Patriot Act was torpedoed by Congress. Let’s savour the moment.

Below are a few financials I follow and how they did on the day. I actually have no positions in any of these stocks but I am no sadist. Market carnage is ugly.

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Edward Harrison is a senior Editor at Bloomberg. He is also the founder of Credit Writedowns newsletter, a former career diplomat, investment banker and technology executive with over twenty five years of business experience. He speaks six languages and reads another five, skills he uses to provide a more global perspective. Edward holds an MBA in Finance from Columbia University and a BA in Economics from Dartmouth College.

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