thanksgiving holiday

U.S. investors came to the Thanksgiving holiday table on last Thursday mostly thankful that the week was a short one, or losses could have been larger.

Gainers

• iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN (NYSE: VXX) up 2.50 percent to $47.58. The CBOE VIX is up about 4.1 percent Wednesday, heading into the Thanksgiving Holiday.
  
  European woes are leading U.S. markets to straight down days. The Dow has closed lower 5 of the last 7 sessions as contagion fears, surging yields, and illiquidity grab market attention.
• PowerShares DB US Dollar Index Bullish (NYSE: UUP) up 1.07 percent to $22.27.
  
  The U.S.

Wall Street traders scrambled to play catch-up after sharp downturns in Asian and European markets over the Thanksgiving holiday.

As I was contemplating this edition of the Trendrr chart -- the weekly dose of social-media buzz-tracking that normally runs on Friday, but which we've moved up because of the Thanksgiving holiday -- I began to think about the very meaning of "Black Friday" circa 2009.