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    Dow 10,000: It Ain't What It Used to Be

    By Charles Hugh Smith

    | 9:00AM 12/24/2009
    No wonder stock market cheerleaders don't want us to look at 2009's Dow 10K in terms of purchasing power: The results are sobering. For example, 1999's Dow 10K bought 8,300 gallons of gasoline, but 2009's version buys just 4,000.
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