That hunger to buy means the S&P 500 has gained within just months what Duessel thought may take<br />a year or so to achieve, given continued economic growth and few signs of a looming recession.<br />NEW YORK — A broad-based push higher for stocks sent indexes to records on Thursday following yet more signs that the job market continues to improve.<br />Discount retailer Dollar General jumped to one of the biggest gains in the S&P 500<br />after it reported stronger earnings for the latest quarter than analysts expected.
