On Monday, the Dow broke and closed above the 12000 mark once again, as the market has seemingly put Japan and Middle East woes behind it. A slightly down day on Tuesday broke a three day winning streak, but the lack of volume and selling conviction was viewed as a good sign by some. On Wednesday, a disappointing record-low February new-home sales report failed to quench buyer enthusiasm, as the market shook off the report and finished with a moderate gain. On Thursday, stocks logged their fifth winning session out of the last six, with another moderate gain on good earnings, upgrades, and a positive statement by Dell. The market finished off the week on Friday up modestly after a revision of the fourth quarter 2010 GDP up to an annual rate of 3.1%.

It was a great week all-around for stocks.

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