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DashOfInsight<>Weighing the Week Ahead: Will the North Korea Threat be the Catalyst for a Market Correction?

August 12, 2017

In a normal, quiet summer week we would be lazily considering consumer confidence and the Fed minutes. Instead, the escalating war of words between the U.S. and North Korea has claimed the agenda. Expect many to be asking,

Will the North Korea threat be the catalyst for a market correction?

Last Week Recap

My notion that last week would feature a discussion of revised price targets was pretty good — for exactly one day! Global tensions claimed the attention of markets. Anyone looking for a reason to sell suddenly had one. This occurred despite good earnings and generally positive economic data.

The Story in One Chart

I always start my personal review of the week by looking at this great chart from Doug Short via Jill Mislinski. She notes the overall decline of 1.43% for the week. With Thursday’s big decline, the sequence of down days, and the accompanying headlines, it probably seemed like more



Doug has a special knack for pulling together all the relevant information. His charts save more than a thousand words! Read the entire post for several more charts providing long-term perspective, including the size and frequency of drawdowns.

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