Stocks rise, bond yields too – despite central banker talk-down efforts World stocks clawed back towards record highs on their third day of gains on Thursday as the dollar dropped to a three-year low, after top Federal Reserve and European Central Bank officials attempted to talk down rising bond market yields. There was a lot to keep tabs on. A renewed retail frenzy re-ignited the likes of GameStop, bets on $70 a barrel oil and a near decade-high in copper prices rallied commodity currencies [/FRX] – and despite all the central bank talk, bond yields were still rising. [GVD/EUR] MSCI’s world equities index, which spans 50 countries, was up 0.45% after gains in Asia and a decent morning in Europe where oil and gas stocks enjoyed a 2% jump, but things were starting to turn bumpy. [.EU][.N]