So the Dow was down 700 points about ten minutes ago, and has risen 320 points since then.

[MadBadger]

This is why I will never really "get" the markets.

[justiceischeap]

1. Voting held open. (eom)

[TransitJohn]

2. A fall like that

prompts some buyers to snatch up stocks they perceive as bargains. The resulting volume of buys inches prices back up.

[Fresh_Start]

3. major armtwisting underway

hold for final vote counts

[Jersey Devil]

5. need 7 flips for 214, that's a lot (nt)

x

[Fresh_Start]

7. you're right nt

nt

[Occam Bandage]

4. A bunch of people see the bad news and sell immediately. Prices collapse. People see the collapsed

prices, and think, "hey, I can buy on the cheap," and put in buy orders. Prices go back up a bit.

[joeglow3]

6. A lot of people have stops in place to sell

The market plummets and this triggers their sell, causing prices to drop more and more to get triggered. Doesn't surprise me that since it dropped so fast, it came back up some.

[PerfectSage]

8. What happens during the day doesn't matter. It the close that counts.