Boy, what a wacky week. After Wednesday's big gain, which followed Tuesday's big loss, stocks were back on the losing end in today's abbreviated session. All told, the Dow was down 1 percent for the week. Holiday weeks will often bounce around, especially when there's a lot of news going on - and this week, the unsettling reports out of the Koreas, along with new worries about European debt, probably had a disproportionate effect on trading.
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