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MARKET SNAPSHOT: Stock Rally's Breadth Is A Sign Of Strength, Froth

Stock indexes rallying to new highs have put investors on alert for a correction. Now they have something else to worry about: Too many individual stocks touching highs.The S&P 500 Index (SPX) rose 2.1% last week to close at a record of 1,667.47 Friday, its 16th record close this year. Similarly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) rose 1.6% on the week to 15,354.40, its 21st record of the year. The major benchmarks, including the Nasdaq Composite (RIXF), have made a nearly unchecked 16%-17% gain for the year.It's not just the indexes that are stretching for the stratosphere.Also in the past week, more than half the stocks on the S&P 500 touched new 52-week highs, with 141 of those occurring on Friday alone, according to an analysis of FactSet data. Another 128 companies reached new 52-week highs earlier in the week."The number of people I've heard justifying the valuation has been mind boggling," said Andrew Wilkinson, chief economic strategist at Miller Tabak & Co. "The complacenc...

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