A Wild Wednesday

The Dow was down slightly today, thanks to a jump in crude oil prices. Gold had its biggest prices since just after the September 11 attacks. GM made an 18-year low. Copper hit a record high. Silver surged. And despite all this action, the market closed with stocks relatively flat. The good news is that Senate is attempting to help out employees facing retirement. A bill was passed today that touches on almost every federally regulated retirement plan except social security. Now, if we could only fix THAT.... DOW: -11.62 Nasdaq: +1.19 S&P 500: +2.20