Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20120229:14:30:00
And that did give us a little bit of help with the futures. it came because consumer spending and business spending were both stronger than expected and that's good news. you point out it's leap day today, and the last time we saw leap day it was not a very positive one for the markets. in fact, we saw the s&p close down by 2.7%, not a great day, not one we're hoping to repeat here today. the weird thing is if you look at the s&p and where it closed on leap day, it closed at something like 13,068 on this day four years ago. and yesterday we closed at 13,072. you are looking at an s&p close of ...
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