Markets Will Be Closed for Good Friday - Ever Wonder Why?
The stock market will be closed for Good Friday. Last year, for whatever reason, I wondered why that was. Here are those thoughts again... It's Holy Thursday. The markets have wound down for the week. The stock market will be closed on Good Friday. It is every year. Isn't that amazing? How did that happen? While you can look up the history of it - and it seems to have begun in 1864 - here are some thoughts about this remarkable fact. Agree or disagree, at least we're not getting bogged down in the ongoing chaos that seems to continue to grow by the day in our markets, politics and our economy. So here goes. It happened because once upon a a time people believed in God. And in this country, a vast majority of people who believed in God were Christian. It wasn't a matter of imposing their views on anyone. It was simply logical to them, given what Good Friday commemorates. We won't spend time explaining what Good Friday commemorates. You should know t...