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Buy Low and Sell High: What the Recent Market Turn Around Means
Oct 14 2008, Marco Villa

All last week it felt as if the sky was finally falling on Wall Street. Socialists around the world were ecstatic over what they perceived to be the final downfall of capitalism. The Dow 500 recorded 3-digit losses from 8 days in a row (a record) and.

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