Typically, you’d expect that when the stock market gets good news, it would reward investors by going up. Unfortunately, kneejerk reactions to good news don’t always last very long. That’s what happened today, when positive news on the employment front led to a rally early in the day. Between upward revisions of past-month figures, and encouraging signs of workers reentering the labor force, the optimism was understandable. Yet, later in the day, the broad market gave up all those gains, to finish somewhat lower, and the Dow Jones Industrials
One thing that’s making investors nervous about the future is the onset of the fourth-quarter earnings season, with Dow components Alcoa
The upcoming election is also a big source of uncertainty for the market. As big drops of nearly 2% for UnitedHealth Group
Don’t panic
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