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Is the U.S. stock market rally for real? Or have stock prices gotten a little ahead of themselves?  After more than eight weeks in rally mode, it certainly appears that stock prices are outpacing economic reality.

Euro climbs back to 1.30…  High Yielders bounce back…  Gold to hit $1,500?  Kurt Richebacher… And Now… Today’s Pfennig!

Oil has staged an impressive rally since dropping below $35 a barrel in mid-February, soaring 42% in little more than a month to about $50 a barrel.

Corporate earnings will take center stage again this week as certain financials hope to follow last week’s upbeat announcement by banking giant Wells Fargo & Co. (WFC) with some decent earnings reports of their own.

Currencies try to rally…  Stevens hints at no more cuts…  Japan posts a deficit!  Gold… To buy on the dips?
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Gold steadied on Monday after falling 3 percent last week, supported by scepticism about an economic recovery, but the dollar remained a downside risk.

The recent stock market rally may not be a bear-market trap or a “dead cat bounce,” but may in fact be the first signs of dust from an oncoming and unexpected bull stampede.

Hundreds of economic and stock-market indicators exist, but many won’t be relevant – even if you could decipher them.  Here are a few stock market indicators that are both reliable and readable to everyday investors.

Naturally, most investors are hoping that the current stock market rally will hold and we’ll embark on another bull run. But what if it doesn’t?