Just like the Olympic athletes enjoying a break after two weeks of high performance, the stock market appears to be taking a well-deserved pause. After a powerful rally over the past two weeks that came from renewed optimism about the ability of leaders around the world to handle growing macroeconomic uncertainty, whether from Europe's coming recession or slowing growth in emerging market economies, stocks gave up modest ground this morning, with the Dow Jones Industrials
Only a few Dow stocks rose higher in early trading. One was Kraft
Meanwhile, Alcoa
Finally, Chevron
Just another manic Monday
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