31.   Government bond markets are rallying this year amid perceptions that inflation, which erodes the value of principal and interest, is slowing.

32.   Had the market not rallied in November and December, investors would have lost money.

33.   He says when the market was rallying in January, companies were still forecasting a strong second half.

34.   Historically, the market rallies briefly in the wake of a presidential election, since it resolves any lingering uncertainty about who the White House occupant will be.

35.   However, analysts warned that the market has rallied before only to fall back.

36.   If the forthcoming elections produce a stable government the market will rally, he said.

37.   In a sense, it worked, since the American market rallied the next morning.

38.   In addition to being expensive, the money spent on buying puts weakens an investors performance when a market rallies.

39.   In the past, the bond market has often rallied on such reports, with their portents of continued mild inflation.

40.   Indeed, U.S. stock and bond markets have rallied since last October, when the debt-limit debate reached a crescendo.