It was quite a day for retirement planners everywhere as the decisions to show up to work or not tomorrow have been on-again, off-again no less than 22 times today as the all-important Dow 13,000 maginot line was criss-crossed frequently only to end on a disappointingly negative note - washing away all those glorious gains in the last 30 seconds.
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Of course, in reality, Dow 13000 was crossed considerably more times (thanks to the fractal nature of the quotes) but being conservative 22 times seemed enough.
Charts: Bloomberg