You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling: Dow Drops 78 Points, Ends Streak of New Highs

Stocks finished in the red today, as the market apparently decided it need to take a breather. The S&P 500 fell 0.4% to 2,165.17 today, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 77.80 points, or 0.4%, to 18,517.23. The Nasdaq Composite declined 0.3% to 5,073.90. The Dow's drop ended its nine-day streak of new highs . So is this the beginning of the end? It doesn't look that way. The U.S. economy, for instance, appears to be muddling through, explains Strategas Research Partners' Don Rissmiller and Erica Halie Comp :