FYI: More growth concerns, but U.S. stocks rose for the second day alongside Treasury bonds on Tuesday.
The International Monetary Fund lowered its forecast for global economic growth and China’s economic growth last year was the slowest in 24 years. Stocks in Europe continued to creep higher with many expecting the European Central Bank to announce quantitative easing on Thursday. Crude oil and natural gas continued to slide, however, and safety assets including gold and miner stocks rose briskly
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