Wall Street Speaks: ‘The recent S&P 500 rally may offer limited scope for further gains'
Wall Street Speaks: 'The recent S&P 500 rally may offer limited scope for further gains'
Andrew Ross
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Bill Ackman is a longtime admirer of Warren Buffett and on Monday called him 'one of my most important heroes, certainly in business and I would say in life.'
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