Thursday, January 20, 2011

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Wall Street’s ‘Bernanke’ rally runs into headwinds

By Michael Mackenzie in New York

Published: January 20 2011 19:03 | Last updated: January 20 2011 19:03

US equities have been on a bull run since late August and early signs from the earnings season suggest there is further to go.

A string of high-profile results in recent days from the likes of IBM, Apple, Alcoa and JPMorgan delivered earnings that this week pushed the S&P 500 just shy of 1,300, a level last seen in early September of 2008, before the collapse of Lehman Brothers sparked the darkest chapter of the financial crisis.

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