Sometimes we hear on the evening news that the stock market finished up or down only slightly on days when the averages have swung wildly all day. Yesterday was not one of those days. The Dow finished up a mere 1.22 points, and that pretty much tells the story. Most of the vehicles that we trade made their respective highs or lows early in the session, and from that point on, the biggest challenge for anyone monitoring the markets would have been staying awake. If you're getting a sense of d�j� vu, it might be because we were in almost exactly the same place, both literally and figuratively, a week ago. At the time, we found ourselves hoping that Friday's traditionally whacky price action would provide some comic relief. It did, and we got our wish in the form of a 250-point drop in the Industrial Average. Will lightning strike twice as yet another tiresome week draws to a close? We certainly hope so, since we don't want to be found slumped at our desk, dead of boredom ' not with the local weatherman predicting a weekend of sunshine and warm temperatures. That would be a nice change for the Denver area, which usually trips and stumbles its way into summer with a series of snowstorms punctuated by all-too-fleeting periods of spring-like weather. Jersey Drizzle We're not sure where in this country the springtime of poetry actually occurs. In New Jersey, where we grew up, spring was a cold, ceaseless drizzle that eventually gave way to a hot and muggy summer commencing after Memorial Day. Here in Colorado, spring weather is freakish rather than merely drizzly, and it can snow as late as mid-June ' did snow, in fact, not long after we moved here in 1999. It was a
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