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In your opinion, is current trend of the US equity markets justified and sustainable? Same question regarding the bond markets in the US.

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In your opinion, is current trend of the US equity markets justified and sustainable? Same question regarding the bond markets in the US.
From March 09 there is a sustained increase in the stock prices that has continued till today. The current trend in the US Equity markets is upbeat. On November 2, 2009 the DOW was 9789. It is poised to surpass the 10,000 mark soon.
This trend is justified because of several reasons. First the low prices that were reached were somewhat due to panic reaction. Since, the low reached on March 9 2009, there are positive fundamentals reported by several companies. The ...

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