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Fizzle Alert: Market Rallies This Good Don't Hold

By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff

Posted Sep 21, 2009 9:49 AM CDT

(Newser) – It's good news, bad news time for investors. The good news: In the last 100 years, only five other rallies have matched the 46% leap the Dow’s taken over the past six months. The bad news: None of those other extraordinary rallies, which came... Read full story »

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