Wall Street: Bull, Bear-- or Bearull?

It was a little like cheering for a pole vaulter about to jump or a player running down the field. Day after day, people watched in suspense as the stock market moved toward the magic figure of 800 on the Dow-Jones industrial av erage—now spurting forward, now retreating. The market came within an inch of making it last week (798.85), slipped back to 794.56 at week's end. But most Wall Streeters were confident that the market had the strength to clear the mark soon. And whenever the averages go over another 100-point mark,...

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