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While this week the dow closed at 10,620. a gain of ten points, ten years. im just saying. a new study shows even though there are signs that the economy is rebounding, many americans are holding on to their dollars and they have no plans to spend freely, joining me now is msnbc financial analyst vera gibbons. good morning. frugality here to stay, you think? >> theres good news and bad news, were chipping away at our credit card debt and we dont want to assume more debt, were saving more. we p...

A remarkable phenomenon from the financial markets to tell you about. call it the dows lost decade. ten years of dramatic days on wall street, and the market is right back where it began. in may of 2000, the industrial average was at 10,609 points. this week it closed at 10,620. thats a gain of just ten-plus points. imagine the money gained and lost in that time. heres another note. a bill earlier this morning we did a graphic that mistakenly had the wrong logo. that was of the dow chemical. tha...

For this one. youre not going to be able to do it probably with just your degree from undergrad. most of those jobs require that you have a ph.d.. so something to keep in mind. maybe its a good time to stay in school. the economys shaky. for stocks, lots of flatline dancing today. the u.s. could lose its topnotch credit rating making it more difficult for the government to borrow money. as you can see, not a lot going on. off four points, 10,620. maybe if you have someone going to college, you m...