Dow Watch: Back in the Green

Long Way Back

(At 10:55 a.m. EDT)

Well what do you know. The Dow went positive for the year. It's true. Wasn't that long ago that it seemed like it would never happen, but thanks to that 2,300-point gain since March, those darkest of days for Wall Street traders, the index finally made it.

There's no way of knowing what my colleagues elsewhere in the news business will make of this, but I think there's a chance this could actually reclaim some of that copious space that's been devoted to the Jon & Kate Plus 8 drama in recent weeks. Not that it isn't captivating. ...