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Lucky Twenty-One (First Seven)

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Last week, the Dow Industrials fell all five days. All. Five. Days. That seems like science fiction, doesn’t it? Well, it should, because it hasn’t happened in nearly two freaking years.

But we’re still only 2.5% below the highest point the Dow reached in the history of the universe, so I hardly think we’re done. I still think we’re overvalued by about 10,000 Dow points, but hey, that’s just me. We have to take things slowly. (more…)