Can the bull run on in 2007?

There's no disputing it: 2006 has belonged to the bulls in nearly all equity markets. But can this bull run continue?

"The last thing in the world we anticipated a few short months ago was that the Dow would be up some 16% on the year, unless it was that the

S&P 500 would be up more than 14%," says Alan Abelson in Barron's, echoing MoneyWeek's own view. Yet there's no disputing it: 2006 has belonged to the bulls in almost all major equity markets. The UK's FTSE 100 index is up 10.5%, while Europe measured by the MSCI Europe index is up 13.6%. Only Japan has disappointed; the Nikkei 225 has gained 4%, and the Topix benchmark is the tenth worst-performing major index, down 0.3%.

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