Break out the champagne! Your retirement account just had its best day in months because — and I cannot stress this enough — we've agreed to maybe not escalate a war for a whole 14 days. The Dow $DJI ( ▲ 9.7% ) surged 1,000 points Wednesday, oil plunged 15.9% to $95 per barrel, and investors everywhere breathed a collective sigh of relief.
Another thousand points and we’ll be back where we were, Dow-wise, on March 1.