Stocks recover a bit

The five-day down streak is broken with the Dow gaining 91 points, to 12,807. This was more of a relief rally (sometimes the market goes up because everyone is just tired of it going down), but I'm not sure today's action goes much beyond that.


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Mark Lacter
Mark Lacter created the LA Biz Observed blog in 2006. He posted until the day before his death on Nov. 13, 2013.
 
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