He left the game in 1928 to take a job as a bond trader.

Municipal bond traders said prices were little changed on the day.

For corporate and municipal bond traders, the picture is not much different.

"This is a real black eye for the business," another bond trader said.

In fact, the bond traders can be more imaginative than that.

"This is the first really good day we have had in a month or so," one corporate bond trader said.

Municipal bond traders said prices moved by a similar amount in their market.

But some bond traders here said that the market just had gone too far in one direction.

"The employment number is very important," another bond trader said.

If nothing else, the numbers produced wild times for bond traders.