Dow 12,000: Whoop-De-Doo
The market's best-known benchmark keeps rising, but investors are underwhelmed. They might want to take another look
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At long last, the Dow Jones industrial average has breached 12,000. The market's six-year ordeal, spanning the tech crash, corporate scandals, and Wall Street double-talk, is over. You can once again mention stocks at cocktail parties and even open up your 401(k) statements. Come on, feel the noise!
O.K., maybe not.