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The Short View

By John Authers

Published: March 20 2008 02:00 | Last updated: March 20 2008 02:00

It has been a terrible week. Can the stock market now indulge in a brief bear market rally?

Yesterday's Merrill Lynch survey of fund managers made clear that the preconditions are in place.

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