The Dow was up 213 points today and has gained 763 over the past three business days. Experts are warning the volatility may be the norm from here on out. We are still down 9.8 percent from a high on July 21st. In a bear market you’ll see these up swings, so don’t get too excited investors are losing confidence in the market. That is a bad sign for things to come. Remember the 2008 Wall Street Crash? The down was up 779 points in two days in September, and had multiple single day gains between 485 and 1200+ points.
Today the news cycle belonged to Google as they bought Motorola. Investors and Tech Journalists are trying to sort out the reasoning and it looks like it has a lot to do with patents. The real question is what this will do with their partnerships with HTC and Samsung. And where does this leave Android? Is Windows Phone 7 a player now? What about RIM and Nokia? Is someone going to buy them?
