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Stock markets are feeling chipper. Record highs (in local currency terms) are the order of the day. From the US S&P 500, very much accustomed to making new highs, to the FTSE 100 — somewhat less used to the 'fresh record' buzz — to the Japanese Topix index, which up until very recently, hadn't enjoyed a new high since the 1980s.
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