4:20 pm : Despite the month of August being earmarked as the worst month for the S&P 500 over the last 15 years, according to The Stock Traders Almanac, this August so far is shaping up to be quite a surprising victory for the bulls as stocks closed higher for a fourth straight day. Month to date, the Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq are up 1.3%, 1.6% and 3.2%, respectively.
Providing the bulk of support Thursday was Technology, which is up 6.3% this week alone,�and has helped the tech-heavy Nasdaq more than halve its year-to-date decline with a nearly 5% advance since
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