# Prof. Richard Sylla on the recent growth in the stock market

1 Faculty News February 5, 2014 ![Wall Street Journal logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/wsjlogo.jpg?itok=5Qt0z3WX)>

Excerpt from [The Wall Street Journal](http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304851104579363272107177430) -- "'It's like a glimmer of sunshine, that one-year uptick,' said [Richard Sylla](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/richard-sylla), a financial historian at New York University. 'That's what you would expect to see in a growing, vibrant economy.'"

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Additional coverage appeared on [MarketWatch](http://blogs.marketwatch.com/thetell/2014/02/06/stock-market-live-blog-stocks-try-to-find-their-footing-as-jobless-claims-beat/).