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One group of funds is holding up the stock market. Barclays says oil prices have to fall t
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Strategists at the bank said a rally at the end of the year would likely depend on oil prices lowering or stabilizing even as the
OpenBook market desk: Strategists at the bank said a rally at the end of the year would likely depend on oil prices lowering or stabilizing even as the historically best-performing quarter approaches.
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