A Lot Of Noise.
Stocks began the week nervously on Monday with tit-for-tat attacks further raising the geopolitical temperature in the Middle East and the resulting continued move higher in oil prices to above $80. Things just grew more dismal as the session wore on with analysts issuing rare downgraded outlooks for both Apple and Amazon. Yet another massive destructive storm began to take aim at Florida, which crushed the prices of insurance company stocks, particularly those with large exposure to the region. The indexes all finished the day significantly lower.
Chinese markets spectacularly crashed off…
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