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Humbug! 'Twas the week before Christmas and all was not calm, tensions were high, and then came the bomb. The Fed said “two more” and that made traders sore. And then from the hill came a clash over a wall, leaving markets no choice but to selloff and fall! Markets sold off again on Friday as...

Fear factor. Stocks fell in yesterday’s session as traders continued to protest the Fed’s less-than-supportive move on Wednesday. Expectations were high that the Fed would provide a hero-like rescue for declining asset prices in what was shaping up to be one of the worst Decembers on record for...

Disappointment in Who-ville. Traders expecting Powell to usher in a late Christmas rally got the Grinch, and they didn’t like it. Markets tumbled from daily highs after the Fed raised rates and lowered hike projections next year. “Wait”, you say, "the Fed lowered expectations for hikes next year...

Crude behavior. Markets took traders on a wild ride yesterday as a market on edge before a Fed decision was hit with multiple rounds of information. Equities opened with a positive rush in response to better than expected housing numbers, an apparent easing of the White House stance on a government...

Walking on eggshells. Markets sold off yesterday over Fed rate hike fears, potential economic slowdown, and an increasingly more frequent use of the word “recession”. Following Friday’s selloff traders could not quite get their emotions in check during yesterday’s session as all the major indices...

Checking out. Traders headed for the exits on Friday as bad news from Asia and the EU heightened fears of an economic slowdown in the US. China and the US made progress on their pursuit of deescalating the trade war announcing tariff cutbacks but that wasn’t enough to ease traders’ tensions about...