Nice close today. Is the rally for real?

The market's been trending up, up, up.

Somehow, despite all the lack of confidence about the bank stress tests and the swine flu, the Dow Jones closed up 214 points, to 8,427.

That's quite a bit above the low of 6,594 we saw in March - a nearly 28 percent gain in fact.

I admittedly snoozed while it passed me by.

But is this rally going to stick for awhile?

That's anybody's guess, but some have suggested that if you missed this spike, it may already be getting ready to fizzle.

I guess we'll just have to see.

Brian.