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People who want to know how stocks fared on any given day ask, Where did the Dow close? I'm more interested in how many stocks went up versus how many went down. These so-called advance/decline numbers paint a more realistic picture.

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Peter Lynch
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: January 19
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