Fate of postelection stock-market rally may be in the hands of bond traders


Stock investors absorbed a sharp midweek, postelection spike in Treasury yields and sent equities to record highs on Friday. Now the question is whether they can endure a further climb in market-based rates in the months and years ahead after incoming President Donald Trump takes office.

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