[RegulatorCountry]

"Another thread says Dow is up 110 and Nasdaq up 20...second-hand."

Well, come to think of it, if Bernanke is an inflation hawk and a printing press for money, embodied in the same person by turns, this represents continuity, and the market dislikes uncertainty. So, that makes sense.

[savedbygrace]

if Bernanke is an inflation hawk and a printing press for money

Please explain how that is possible. Those are opposing forces.