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it's just another way you'll be traveling at the speed of hertz. >> folk, welcome back. the dow is up, the s&p 500 is up by 19 points. you have got a lot of action going. >> a key point when you see defensive names moving up. put up the chart here. when you see financials and technology. it's a pretty broad market rally. it has been four days of movement. ever since we bottomed out, up 3.2%. obviously besides the fed there is a widespread believe that european and now japanese money is coming into the markets in the united states. finally there is what i mean a mean reversion trade going on. consumer stocks, the white line stocks, last three weeks unusually strong. a lot of people are betting that may soon reverse. we have good numbers on chinese inflation. we have good chinese export numbers overnight. a lot of people trying to figure out if that's a trade that will be the next big move. >> now let's get down to the bond market. >> every day in treasury seems to get more and more interesting. keep in mind we're down 28 basis points from our 205 high yield not that many

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