It’s not just the all-important monetary and fiscal stimulus programs that have been driving the U.S. equity market lately, or even the improvement in economic data.
The latest part of the rally has some meat on the bones. As the S&P 500 has pushed back up near its all-time high reached last February, the market has been driven by betterthan- feared profits and revenues, and an upward shift in earnings estimates not only for next quarter but also for the full year and 2021.
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