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Schwip!

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I tend to wake up early – – sometimes way too early – – and this morning was no different. After the tech earnings wipeout yesterday afternoon, the market spent the entire night recovering as we all awaited the unemployment report. Oddly, I felt good when I saw how high it had climbed, because if this market does one thing well, it is this: it disappoints the crowd. I would have been far more nervous if it was down hard.

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