Sorry, numan, but your source has a flaw in its analysis. If that were an accurate assessment, there would have been a countervailing subsequent loss, and that didn't happen. It may be speculation, but the timing of the market rise is more consistent with NPR's analysis than the Chimpshot.

A well reasoned argument is like a diamond: impervious to corruption and crystal clear - and infinitely rarer.

Here, as elsewhere, people are outraged at what feels like a rigged game -- an economy that won't respond, a democracy that won't listen, and a financial sector that holds all the cards. - Robert Reich