Wall Street's Spring Rally

The Dow flirts with 1200 as the bulls continue to stampede

Wall Street last week again let the good times roll. Whenever investors begin wondering whether the eight-month-long rally might finally be ending, the stock market seems to take off on a new record-breaking binge. Last week the Dow Jones average of 30 leading stocks flirted for the first time with the 1200 level. Said Frank Quintana, a Merrill Lynch floor trader who was hoarse from shouting buy and sell orders at the New York Stock Exchange: "The euphoria just keeps building and building....

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