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Reports of economic growth don't feel real

Traders work on the floor of the New

Photo credit: Getty Images | Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in Manhattan. The Dow Jones industrial average extended its record high Friday for a fourth day in a row.

Ellis Henican

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The Dow hit another all-time high on Friday. The whole stock market has been soaring like an eagle out of Lance Armstrong's medicine chest. The Labor Department's latest jobs report was "brisk" (Wall Street Journal), "great news" (Washington Post) and "about damn time" (me). Even Long Island housing prices, which have been lingering in the basement longer than a 30-year-old...

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