After weeks of hearing that a bear market rally was just around the corner, investors watched the market go around that corner.
Some of the enormous amount of cash that had been sitting on the sidelines suddenly plunged into the pool, giving stocks the kind of boost they hadn't seen in months.
Analysts and fund managers stopped talking about what they would do when the market turned around, and began talking about whether the action was that bear market rally — or something more substantial.
Courtney Reagan recalls some of their more memorable predictions, projections, and explanations in this edition of "The Week and You:"