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Jobless, foreclosures could spoil Dow party, experts say

A trader signals an offer in the Dow

Photo credit: Getty Images | A trader signals an offer in the Dow Jones Industrial Average stock index futures pit on the CME Group trading floor Oct. 14, 2009 in Chicago.

The Dow Jones industrial average blew past the 10,000 mark for the first time in about a year, pushed over the psychological milestone by better-than-expected earnings at JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Intel Corp. and a government report that retail sales didn't fall as much as expected last month. The average of 30 major stocks first topped 10 grand on March 29, 1999. It closed at 10,015.86 yesterday,...

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