US stocks melt up on earnings, housing data; GASL gains, VXX drops

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[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] US stocks continued with their winning streak for the third straight day Thursday as better-than-estimated housing data overshadowed concerns over a weak job market and mixed corporate earnings readings. The S&P 500 index topped the 1,400 mark in intraday trading for the first time in three weeks as software company Citrix Systems raised their 2012 outlook. …