US stock gains not expected to last

May 10, 2009

The S&P 500 has enjoyed a good run since March, but portfolio managers see more reasons to be defensive than to chase the market.

There is a new mood of optimism in the United States, which has expressed itself in the stock market over the past eight weeks. Yet the risk that stocks will decline seems greater now than the likelihood of a sustained, permanent rally.

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