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Stuck in the mud. Last week’s comeback in stocks stalled yesterday as investors turned their attention back to trade talks with China. Mixed signals about potential progress between the US and China kept bulls on the sidelines.

Getting to work. Stocks traded sharply higher on Friday on good employment figures. Friday’s market moves topped off a week of volatility on mixed signals from the US economy giving both bulls and bears some hope.

The cavalry approaches. Scary economic data was not going to push markets down yesterday because the Fed will come to the rescue… so goes the theory. Stocks fell on bad economic data but recovered and closed in the black on high hopes of more rate cuts.

October chill. Stocks dropped yesterday as recession fears gripped traders. Tuesday’s weak manufacturing number combined with an unexpectedly weak employment number spooked investors.

Swing and a miss! Stocks plummeted yesterday on weak manufacturing data, increasing fears of a recession. Stocks quickly erased early gains when data showing a second month of contraction in manufacturing hit the tape.

No restrictions… kind of. Stocks rose yesterday as the Treasury walked back its reported plans to restrict US investment in China. Happy investors were unfazed by a weak PMI number and chose to buy on trade hopes.