Street's Other Rally Finds Fewer Converts

Nevertheless, with the Dow closing up 107 points Thursday, the other rally wasn't finding many converts outside the exchange.

Said a trader: "I really don't think very many people around here are taking this seriously."

Walking the line between free markets and free speech is the age-old struggle in the U.S. Prominent economists often have said one cannot exist without the other. On Thursday, they were forced to coexist together on the same street.