• 11,434 the Dow Jones Industrial’s close today, the highest close of the entire year so far
• 1.96% the leap the Dow made in reaction to the Federal Reserve’s $600 billion money bomb announcement source

• » The most impressive part: This is the highest that the Dow has closed since September of 2008, just before Lehman Brothers collapsed and turned the stock market into a shell of its former self. Alright, great. Now when are these largely rehabilitated firms going to start hiring some people back so everyone else can feel the economic recovery?

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