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Special Edition: Now Russian Oil Is In the Mix

A couple of points of perspective to this very hectic open to the US stock markets:

  • There are comparisons today and the past two weeks to the 2008-2009 financial crisis. The US stock markets were most volatile n Fridays and Mondays throughout late 2008 with financial institution failures that took place over or near weekends – Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers…and then Merrill Lynch.
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Oil is a large, large component of US and global stock indexes and is partly leading to market weakness globally.

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