Dow Jones closes over 10,000

It was just over a year ago that it went back under 10,000.

See, I hate to be a naysayer. I really want to be happy about this. I just don’t think this matters. With the deficit, the dollar’s shrinkage (like a frightened turtle!), the probability of rising inflation and higher taxes…I simply don’t think this matters so much.

UPDATE - Ah. Well. That explains it:

NEW YORK (AP) — The Wall Street Journal has surpassed USA Today as the top-selling daily newspaper in the United States.

The Audit Bureau of Circulations won’t be releasing its latest figures until Oct. 26, but the Journal said Wednesday that it gained about 12,000 subscribers in the April-September period, compared with a year earlier.

That puts its average Monday-Friday circulation at 2.02 million.

USA Today, which has long been No. 1, said last week that it had its worst circulation decline ever, dropping 17 percent to 1.88 million.

The Wall Street Journal hits #1…the Dow Jones tops ten grand. The connection is obvious, really, when you see the two together.

This has gotta be on Memeorandum somewhere, right?