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good afternoon. >> good afternoon. the dow up, slight gains here. low volume. 240 million shares change hands here at the big board. dow jones average has been kept in a 36-point range. very narrow range today. as mish etch mentioned at the top of the show we are awaiting results from today's treasury auction, two-year notes. followed by a five-year note sale tomorrow and seven-year note sale on wednesday. the markets broadly flat. strength in materials and energy stocks, weakness, though, today, in the industrials as well as the consumer staples groups in today's session. two stocks...

our guest host is outspoken in i guess how half full you are about the prospects for this economy and this recovery, given this horrible year we have. >> well, one of the reasons is the horrible year we've had, right? you've got a number of things that are so depressed that a reasonable snapback, impressive snapback still leaves you at a low level. forecasting is a black card. i've been wrong before. right now it seems you have the pieces in place for this recovery to be better than most expect with good job growth and i'm bullish on 2010. >> we'll find places to have -- i'm also, is...

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>> firms are going to go out of business, and he's nuts. they're nuts! they know nothing! >> i always like to say there's a bull market somewhere -- >> "mad money." you can't afford to miss it. hey, i'm cramer. welcome to "mad money." welcome to cramerica. other people want to make friends. eye just want more days like today. we're getting a lot of them. my job is not just to educate but entertain. so call me at 1-800-743-cnbc. days like today can be confusing beyond belief. you see the market roar. you say to yourself, wait a second, is anything really good happening here? is anyb...