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Stocks Slide As "Bad News Is Bad News" Again
After a seemingly endless series of trading days in which the market would spike higher as either the US or China would release some "trade deal optimism", today was a stark disappointment for the bulls because while the latest round of trade talks started in DC between the US and Chinese delegations, there were no "optimistic" leaks or Trump tweets. Instead, overnight in a surprising twist, reports hit that China had "indefinitely" banned Australian coal imports, a report which send AUD traders in for a rollercoaster of a day, stopping out both longs and short, with the currency first jumping on good economic data, then sliding on a bank's forecast for an RBA rate cut, then tumbling on the China export halt, and sliding for the rest of the day.
rest at link and graphic heavy
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-02-21/stocks-slide-bad-news-bad-news-again
https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/%5EGSPC?p=^GSPC