Why the rising stock market isn’t lifting all boats

Allan Sloan Feb 26, 2014
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Why the rising stock market isn’t lifting all boats

Allan Sloan Feb 26, 2014
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It’s been nearly five years since the stock market bottomed out during the great financial crisis. Now stocks are riding high, but where does that leave average Americans?

Marketplace contributor and Fortune magazine senior editor-at-large Allan Sloan has been digging into the numbers and shares his latest calculations. 

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