"Many stock trades are done by computers, reacting in fractions of seconds to new information. The inflated margin likely triggered a buying frenzy before most people could digest the numbers."
Which, if true in this case, is even more funny to think about. Not only does the share values not reflect actually company value, but that value isn't even what a person thinks it is.
I'm reminded of the helpless employee who says "The computer won't let me do it." The enigma of the computer that is off doing it's own thing.