An Almost Everything Rally Lifts Stocks, Bonds, and the Dollar

From the stock market to government debt and the greenback, investors enjoyed gains most of where they looked on Thursday, closing up their holiday-shortened week. Information Technology was the best performing sector for the day in the moments before the close up nearly 3%, a gain captured by the popular iShares U.S. Technology ETF. Wall Street analysts expect tech companies to grow earnings by 39% this year, which accounts for over half of the S&P 500 earnings growth for the year, data from Ned David Research show.