Here's what happened to the stock market on Friday

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A record surge in U.S. jobs sent stocks flying as traders cheered the prospects of the economy reopening.

— the largest gain on record — while the unemployment rate slid to 13.3%, the Labor Department said Friday.

Economists polled by Dow Jones expected a drop of more than 8 million jobs and the unemployment rate to nearly reach 20%, which would have been the highest since the 1930s. "I think there were a lot of people who felt that the layoffs would be permanent and it's obvious that there's so much demand that people have to bring people back," CNBC's Jim Cramer said.

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The algorithms did not have pandemics programmed in. Only a tiny fraction of workers are back to work, some of them are only back to part-time, and some are out of the workforce for good.

Free Newton's pair

It went up 😋🇺🇸🇺🇸

Erroneous jobs number + Central Bank stimulus = Higher stock prices.

The stock market is infected with irrational exuberance.

Looking Good, get in while U can...

The fed bought new highs?

Too good to be true? Just two days ago, 6/3/20, the ADP Report showed 2.8 million jobs lost in May - The Hill.

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