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Now that the Dow has remained above the psychological 10,000 mark for two consecutive days, many investors may be wondering whether it's time to dive back into the market. Here are a few key points to consider before adjusting your portfolio.

Harrods department store has teamed up with a Swiss refiner to sell bars of gold, adding yet another pricey item to its merchandise line. Just in time for the holidays.
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Dow 10,000 has arrived, so pop out the champagne, but be wary. Breaking the key psychological level of Dow 10,000 is one thing. Holding onto those gains is quite another.
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Billionaire philanthropist George Soros has thrown his hat into the green-investment ring, pledging to spend $1 billion on clean technologies over the next 10 years. He says is interested in investing in technologies that are profitable and that are effective in reducing global climate change.

Shareholders in Google know all too well the heartbreak of high expectations. So when the Internet giant reports earnings Thursday, DailyFinance says it better beat Wall Street estimates -- and beat by a lot. Why? Because Google is a momentum stock, where investors pay a fat premium for shares based on accelerating top-line growth, which is then supposed to flow to the bottom line.
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Private equity firm Blackstone Group is planning to list up to eight of its portfolio companies, according to a source who received a letter the firm sent to investors. In the letter, CEO Steve Schwarzman told investors that "At least for private equity, the worst is behind the industry."

Bearish economist David Rosenberg warns that the stock market has gotten ahead of the recovery, with investors paying bigger premiums for equities even as earnings growth prospects continue to lag. That leaves us with a seriously overvalued market.

Two years ago, the bull market took its last breath as a global recession took hold, battering stocks across the globe. While the market is up about 58 percent from its bear-market March bottom, the Dow is still off a very painful 30 percent from a two-year-old record of 14,165.