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market relativity theory?
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as of this moment the dow 30 is up 6.92% year-to-date. of the 30 stocks in the index  6 are in negative territory for the year. and of the 6 in negative territory 3 are farther below 0 than the average is above 0. the investors in those 3 stocks (boeing, goldman sachs and nike) would look at this year so far as a disaster. individual stocks can move in opposite directions from the index.
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