What's striking is that the stock market after the global financial crisis is closely tracking the bull markets between 1949 and 1968, and the one between 1982 and 2000.
Gains for oil companies and pharmaceutical giants were lifting the Stoxx Europe 600 index on Friday. U.S. stock futures rose as investors awaited the latest jobs data.
The stock market saw its best November since 1928, while the dollar suffered a historic drubbing of its own, strengthening a relationship that some market watchers expect to remain in place for some time.