The Dow continues to oscillate around 10,600 without much direction right now - sometimes getting near 10,700 - other times falling as low as 10,500. Now that the two major moving averages (50-day and 200-day) have essentially "merged" near the 10,550 mark, they should provide some additional technical support and may help get things moving again. John, Richard, and Carl have some additional thoughts below however.
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