Friday started just fine, the end? Not so much...
Market behavior sometimes works according to its own mechanisms that are internal, and then sometimes it's external. In this case, it is not even economic or stock specific. I don't want to make political statements, but one cannot avoid the conclusion that the withdrawal of the Chinese Ag Minister's visit to American farms coincided with statements that were very undiplomatic from the US side. Time and again, I am sure it has been impressed upon the current administration not to disrespect the Communist Chinese Leadership if