The stock market rallied sharply this week.� It was due to a developing sense that the fundamentals are improving.� There was not a lot of specific news to account for the gains.
On Monday, the S&P surged 21 points. There was some good news, but it was hardly of the nature that would normally spark a large rally.� HCA announced that it would go private in a $33 billion deal.� AMD announced it would acquire ATI technologies for $5.4 billion.� These announcements continued the trend of a high level of acquisitions
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