Equities bask in 'weird world' of negative yields

By Alistair Smout and Blaise Robinson LONDON (Reuters) - Investors are pouring money into stocks as bond yields turn negative, setting aside concerns over whether political events and flagging growth will derail Europe's stock-market rally of the last few years. Central banks have been driving interest rates down to zero to revive their economies and avoid deflation, in a move that has given equities a leg up. The gap between the dividend yields on European stocks versus benchmark bond yields is