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By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) – The first six months of 2023 have been eventful for financial markets – from an artificial intelligence (AI) inspired tech stock surge, commodity market capitulations, cryptocurrency comebacks to the worst banking crash since Lehman Brothers. Linking it all has been the relentless rise in interest rates, which was exactly what battered markets in 2022. But just that this time has been different due to an unshakeable view that the end of the cycle is near. The result? A 12%, or $6 trillion, rally in value of world stocks although it has been ominously top heavy….