The VIX, the stock market’s most closely followed volatility index, dropped this past week to its lowest level in nearly two years. But how should you read it?

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Dow Theory, a forecasting system devised more than 100 years ago by Wall Street Journal editor Charles Dow, is back in the bullish camp.

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NEW YORK, March 18 — US and European stocks hit 17-month closing highs and commodity prices jumped yesterday after a drop in a gauge of US inflation added weight to a Federal Reserve pledge to …