Matthew A. Winkler, Columnist

Investors Reward Argentina for Taming Inflation

Stocks? Up. Bond returns? Strong. The financial sector? Improving. Money managers have noticed.

Nobody's crying.

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Where in the world can you get more than 11 percent from bonds since June and 41 percent from bank stocks this year, with inflation evaporating as the gross domestic product and currency strengthen? That would be Argentina, a financial integrity scofflaw for most of the past century, now bringing a bonanza to global investors.

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