By Gary Alexander
August is doing its usual number to investor confidence by whip-sawing the major averages up and down on a daily basis. After last Wednesday's 800-point fall - the worst this year - warnings came out about more declines to come. Mark Hulbert wrote in MarketWatch on Friday, "Here's why U.S. stocks could fall further." Others latched on to the inverted yield curve, pointing to an imminent recession looming. Others pointed to the history of trade wars or the looming conflict between China and Hong Kong. Others looked at the dismal array of