This year, the stock market has felt like the gift that keeps on giving. The S&P 500 has been up about 15%. The first half of the year was one of the better starts to a year in the last several decades. NASDAQ keeps setting records as well for high closes. As CBS News business analyst Jill Schlesinger explains, the market boom is mostly due to just a handful of companies. 

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<p>This year, the stock market has felt like the gift that keeps on giving. The S&amp;P 500 has been up about 15%. The first half of the year was one of the better starts to a year in the last several decades. NASDAQ keeps setting records as well for high closes. As CBS News business analyst Jill Schlesinger explains, the market boom is mostly due to just a handful of companies. </p>
<p>(Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)</p>

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