Rodent Regatta

Advertising at $9.00 movies is the subject of a rant from the formerly nicotine-stained fingers of Mr. Dave Winer today. He’s right. Congratulations, ”Dave”, for staying the course. Hope you’re feeling better every day! Oh, and thanks for the tip on Minority Report.
My rant is about something that’s been going on for decades. The stock market closes and some twit announces which way it moved along with some trivial, overly-simplistic drivel about why it moved that way! The way these people report cause-and-effect relationships is beyond any form of logic I was ever taught.
Today’s example is:

U.S. stocks snapped higher at the opening bell Friday, buoyed by relief that no major terrorist attack occurred during the July 4 holiday. [Wall Street Journal]