Wall St.'s (scripted) love-hate relationship with Obama/Geithner

When the Obama administration outlined its plans to stabilize the banking system last month, leery investors panned the proposal as being short on substance and sent stock markets into a tailspin. But investors went on a buying binge Monday as the administration announced details of its banking rescue plan, hoisting the markets more than 6 percent in one of the biggest buying binges of the year.

"This is the free-money rally," said Barry Ritholtz, chief executive of Fusion IQ, an investment and research firm. "Traders like the fact that there's a boatload of cash headed their way."

"This is the bottom," said James W. Paulsen, chief investment strategist at Wells Capital Management.

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Wall St. disapproved on February 9th (10th, actually), Wall St. approves today. It's all for show. Even a retard should be able to tell.