NewsWatch: How the U.S. dollar’s ‘almost silent slide’ is juicing the stock-market rally

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Investors might not have noticed amid all the excitement, but a stealthy slide by the U.S. dollar should get some of the credit for the stock market’s stunning rally. See full story.

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