What's up with the dollar? Dollar index was down big right after GDP numbers came out at 8:30am ET, gold and silver up. Huh? Some traders think the drop was because much of the gain was government spending (defense), the rest of the economy not so strong, and this increases the chances of QE 3 continuing. (Read more: Gold Turns Positive After US Growth Data)
Others had a more political bent: a better than expected GDP is a small help to President Obama. "Obama = Bernanke = status quo," one trader said to me. "Romney may be [an] improvement but the uncertainty of Ben leaving scares crap out of people," he said.
Indeed, QE, the Fed, and the ECB loom over the stock market and divide opinions as nothing else. On one side: players chasing yields and returns as long as the spigot remains open, hoping there will be a mild juice to the economy even as they recognize that QE is distorting the stock market. On the other side is the belief, held by Einhorn and others, that QE will ultimately hurt growth and earnings.
Finally: who sold Amazon at $206 last night? Why trade a volatile stock in the after-hours? Amazon traded as low as $206 last night after the close, now at $230. Why anyone would trade right after earnings in the after-hours is beyond me.
—By CNBC's Bob Pisani
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