WALL STREET: Fission & Fizz

The big bull market last week reached a goal that market seers have predicted for two years might be the top. The goal: 250 on the Dow-Jones industrial average, a rise of 56 points since the slump after the outbreak of the Korean war. But after hitting 250, stocks kept right on rising, and at week's end the market hit 253.92, highest point since June of 1930. This week despite the tax bill and rail strike (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS), the market rang up still another new high of 255.17. The upsurge was so impressive that even the seers are...

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