Stocks push higher on investor optimism

Wall Street sprinted higher today as investors kept their faith in a strengthening economy despite Friday’s disappointing employment report. The Dow Jones industrials climbed 102 points to fall just shy of 10,000.

“Even though folks are focusing on the jobs report being a lot weaker than anticipated, the bottom line is we still created jobs and that’s a whole lot better than six months ago,” said John Caldwell, chief equity strategist for McDonald Financial Group. “The strength in the economy is looking real and sustainable at least through next year.”