For many, rally into Dow record feels empty

 
By DANIEL WAGNER | Published: March 6, 2013   

The Dow roared to a record Tuesday. Yet the market's run-up feels worlds away from the lives of many Americans.

photo - FILE - In this Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2011, file photo, people walk in front of the New York Stock Exchange, in New York. The Dow reaches its highest record ever on Tuesday, March 5, 2013. Yet the market's run-up feels worlds away from the lives of many Americans. Wages have only recently started to recover after months of declines that stretched family budgets thin. Unemployment is stuck near 8 percent, high enough that most Americans still know people who are out of work. Signs of a housing recovery have boosted stocks, yet millions of people face foreclosure. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File) ORG XMIT: NYBZ703
FILE - In this Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2011, file photo, people walk in front of the New York Stock Exchange, in New York. The Dow reaches its highest record ever on Tuesday, March 5, 2013. Yet the market's run-up feels worlds away from the lives of many Americans. Wages have only recently started to recover after months of declines that stretched family budgets thin. Unemployment is stuck near 8 percent, high enough that most Americans still know people who are out of work. Signs of a housing recovery have boosted stocks, yet millions of people face foreclosure. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File) ORG XMIT: NYBZ703

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