GEORGE CHAMBERLIN has been associated with The Daily Transcript at SDDT.com since 1998 and became Executive Editor in 2006. He is responsible for the development of editorial strategies for the newspaper and website. He has introduced video and audio into the editorial products and is the public face of the company at many community events. George regularly chairs industry roundtables and conducts video interviews of participants for use on the San Diego Source. He writes two daily columns, "Money in the Morning" and a daily stock market wrap-up.

George, a long time resident of North County, lives in Vista with his wife Terry.

Stocks extended their recent rally Tuesday as investors await word from the Federal Reserve on interest rates and the economy.

It's all about streaks on Wall Street. Remember how the Dow Industrials had been up for 21 consecutive Tuesdays? Well, the new streak is consecutive days of triple-digit closes for the Dow. Yesterday's gain of 110 points marked the fifth day in a row the index had finished with either a gain or loss of more than 100 points. The record for consecutive triple-digit closes is 10 set back in October 2008. My guess would be that most of those were down days, since the market was in a freefall after closing at a record high in October 2007 and began a sharp decline as the economy plunged into a deep and dark recession.

Retailers call it shrink, losses realized from shoplifting and employee theft. In addition to significantly affecting the profits of a company, these criminal activities also make it more expensive for consumers to shop.