Article: WISCONSIN TICKER Market rally eases gloom Weaker dollar, firming commodity prices drive Bucyrus International, Joy Global stocks higher

By PAUL GORES

Amid the economic gloom of 2009, one bright spot has been the rally in the stock market since it hit bottom in March.

Through September, the Standard & Poor's 500 Index was up 17% for the year, while the Dow Jones industrial average had risen almost 11%. That has allowed investors to regain some of their market losses, although many have remained too nervous to get back into the stock market. Their money remains in bonds and low-yielding money market funds and bank certificates of deposit.

With the final quarter of the year under way, investment professionals think the rally still has some life. But there's not a great amount of clarity or confidence about how long it will last ...

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