Dykstra: How the Mighty Have Fallen

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It's starting to get pretty bloody out there. Volatility and uncertainty persist and investors are struggling with what to buy and what to sell. Numerous great companies -- General Electric , Intel (INTC Quote) and Bank of America (BAC Quote), just to name a few -- either flirted with their 52-week lows or established new ones in the past week.

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