Team Effort to Pump Stocks on 2018’s Final Trading Day

DaBoyz have engineered a moderate short-squeeze Sunday night, bidding fair to end the year on a positive note. Dow Index futures have traded as much as 200 points higher in the early going, suggesting that any sellers around were easily brushed aside. Their weight is bound to be felt in the opening hour on Monday, but if the thimble-riggers stewarding this evening’s game can keep the Dow above water in the opening hour, they’ll be a good bet to end New Yera’s Eve day with a decent if not explosive gain.  The Trumpster did his part, tweeting that trade negotiations with China are showing progress. This is very probably a lie, but the panicky bears doing all of the buying tonight are not prone to care.