Stocks: Always something

See, this is why Wall Street is so impossible. Here you have the best piece of economic news in well over a year and the Dow, after being up by about 150 points, finishes barely on the plus side. The reason has to do with interest rates. If the economy is really back on its feet, it means that the Fed has to start worrying about inflation and that could lead to higher rates. Eventually. The WSJ calls it "a breakdown in key relationships across financial markets." Right at the close, the Dow was up about 22 points.