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Dow 10000 Has Wall Street Running Scared

The Dow closed below 10000 Wednesday for the first time since February, battered by bad news from abroad that the markets would normally shrug off. Randall Lane—author of the forthcoming book The Zeroes: My Misadventures in the Decade Wall Street Went Insane—on the temporary blindness that could have traders on edge through the summer.

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Trader Albert Young, center, works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Friday, May 21, 2010. (Richard Drew / AP Photo)

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