51.   Expectations for a new government stimulus plan are helping stocks to the detriment of bonds, traders said.

52.   Falling bond yields help stocks because lower borrowing costs help corporate profits.

53.   Falling bond yields helped stocks today.

54.   Falling interest rates also help stocks by lowering the cost that banks charge for borrowing money, which makes spending cheaper for consumers.

55.   Expectation for more action from the Japanese government helped stocks.

56.   Expectation the central bank will keep bank lending rates near record lows for most of the coming year has helped stocks.

57.   Falling bond yields could help stocks.

58.   Falling bond yields help stocks because lower borrowing costs boost corporate profits and stimulate the economy.

59.   Falling bond yields help stocks by lowering borrowing costs for companies, which in turn help future corporate profits.

60.   Falling U.S. bonds yields will also help Japanese stocks by reliving concerns that Japanese interest rates will follow U.S. rates higher, traders said.