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To: Zen Dollar Round who wrote (132585)	4/30/2012 4:31:20 PM
From: Road Walker	1 Recommendation Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 213172

I vote for the grave. Me too. But I have to confess I still look at the number before the SPX. Lifetime of habit... like millions of other people. They should kill the Dow just to protect us from ourselves.

To: Zen Dollar Round who wrote (132585)	4/30/2012 5:42:42 PM
From: Cogito	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213172

I still sometimes hear people say "The market was up a hundred points," referring to the DJIA. When I worked in places like Salomon Brothers, Deutsche Bank, and Bear Stearns, back in the nineties, all the traders, analysts, and brokers cared only a little about it. They told me to pay attention to the S&P, because it captures a large percentage of the overall value of the market, and is, therefore, much more relevant than the Dow.