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• The Federal Reserve raised interest rates at the fastest clip since the 1980s, a regional banking crisis felled Silicon Valley Bank, and war broke out in the Middle East..
• https://www.wsj.com/finance/stocks/what-did-wall-street-get-right-about-markets-this-year-not-much-7d4368feBy Updated Dec. 29, 2023 4:47 pm ETListen(2 min)Almost no one thought 2023 would be a blockbuster year for stocks..
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• Yet stocks kept climbing..