Red-hot stocks are getting a boost from an unexpected source

Stocks are back near record highs, and they have a surprisingly weak US dollar to thank.
It wasn't supposed to be like this.
After President Donald Trump's shocking victory in November sent the dollar surging into year-end, it was widely expected that it would continue to climb.
Then, amid doubts that the pro-growth agenda floated by Trump would get done in timely fashion, the dollar's fortune reversed, shocking just about everyone. And it's done so in spectacular fashion, fa