Optimism and easy money are pushing up asset prices.

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But to a young American boy, Australia and its people -- your optimism, your easy-going ways, your irreverent sense of humor -- all felt so familiar.

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Ben Bernanke's optimism on 60 Minutes is justified given the fact that velocity is stabilizing and monetary policy has been so easy.

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