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  • BEIJING (Reuters) - China's factory activity shrank for the first time in seven months in May as new orders fell, a preliminary manufacturing survey showed, entrenching fears that its economic recovery has stalled and that a sharper cooldown may be imminent.

  • BOSTON (Reuters) - The average 401(k) retirement balance for U.S. workers hit a record high of $80,900 in the first quarter, a growth spurt of 75 percent since the stock market's nadir in March 2009, Fidelity Investments said on Thursday based on a survey of its accounts.

  • BRUSSELS (Reuters) - SABMiller , the world's second biggest brewer, reported profit growth in line with expectations thanks to a surge in earnings in Latin America and Africa and said its markets should be broadly unchanged in the coming months.

The Running of the Bulls financial consulting1

For the quarter just ended, the U.S. stock market experienced its second best first quarter return in the last fifteen years.  March was the fifth positive month for stocks in a row and the ninth positive month out of the last ten months.  Both the Dow Industrials and the S&P 500 are currently at all-time highs.  The bond market held its own the first quarter as interest rates stayed at historical lows.

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