John Authers, Columnist

US Stocks Are Beating Everyone Else Once Again

The popular view that the rest of the world will outperform the US this year has just been rocked. And the economy is chugging along nicely, which is not good for inflationary pressures.

America is back.

Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg
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It’s halfway through the first quarter and US equities are outperforming once again. Over the last four weeks, the S&P 500 has beaten FTSE’s index for the rest of the world by 5%, even after the nasty Wall Street selloff at the end of Thursday’s trading.