Quote from FreakofNature:
It's a no brainer, as long as interest rates remain at record lows pullbacks will be bought.
You can complicate it all you want but that's the truth of the matter, Bernanke is forcing investors to go the dividend way or in cases where the stomach is strong, more volatile equities; either way the Fed is in command, follow big money, they are the biggest money.
News cause upside and downside, nothing new here but the overall trend whether you like it or not, understand it or not will remain up as long as Bernanke wants it up.
No reason to complicate it.
Yes I think the fact that the yield on the 10yr is now well under 2% must have something to do with the stock market's resilience of late, there is simply no more money to be made in bonds, its a hobson's choice.