This might have been the most unenthusiastic 421-point gain in the history of Wall Street. Crisis talk continues to dominate the commentary, even though this week's economic data was pretty decent. But in this climate, pretty decent doesn't cut it. At today's close, the Dow was at 11,143, up almost 4 percent on the day. It was the fourth straight 400-point day, a first in the Dow's history.
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