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- BUSINESS, Page 49Business NotesFINANCIAL MARKETSZoom! There Goes 2900
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- The stampede seemed to come from nowhere. In full defiance
- of such economic troubles as sagging real estate prices, weak
- corporate profits and the titanic savings and loan mess,
- investors in the U.S. and overseas have bullishly poured
- billions of dollars into the stock market during the past
- month. Last week the Dow Jones average broke the 2900 barrier
- for the first time, climbing 80 points and closing at 2900.97.
- All told, the Dow has risen 244 points since May 1 and has set
- record highs eleven times. The euphoria has spread far beyond
- the blue-chip Dow. The more broadly based Standard & Poor's
- 500 index rose 2.4% last week, to close at a record 363.16.
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- Investment analysts believe the rush to stocks has been
- sparked in part by the perception that the sluggish economy
- will be perked up by falling interest rates. As the Wall Street
- surge has built up steam, more and more small investors and
- mutual funds have jumped on the bandwagon for fear of missing
- the rally.
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