If you've ever felt like getting back to work after a summer weekend was hard, you can sympathize with the stock market. Market pundits are tossing out a piece of trivia: Today marked the seventh consecutive Monday decline for the Dow Jones Industrials
But several Dow stocks overcame the down market and moved higher. Pfizer
American Express
Finally, Chevron
Don't be blue
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