The long-playing Treasury-bond rally seems to have petered out. If this continues, investors will have to look elsewhere to keep their portfolios growing at a healthy clip.
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| Dow | 8,283.84 | +137.32 | +1.69% |
| Nasdaq | 1,781.33 | +25.30 | +1.44% |
| S&P 500 | 894.85 | +15.72 | +1.79% |
| 10 Yr Bond(%) | 3.3050% | +0.0100 | |
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Wall Street Jumps as Analyst's Comments Lift Financials- AP
Investors are betting that strength in banks will flow to the rest of the economy. Rising financial stocks are pulling the market higher Monday after an influential banking analyst raised her rating on Goldman Sachs, which reports earnings Tuesday.
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