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Stocks were down for the week due to the fear of a possible increase in interest rates next month. The Federal Reserve has had interest rates close to zero since the financial crisis in 2008 and have been looking for an opportunity to raise them again since. Investors have been closely monitoring the Fed's decision on raising them and it has been quite the catalyst for the market the past year. If the Fed raises rates at the wrong time there could be irreversible effects in the economy which has ...

Yes, it was a rough week, and statistically speaking it's not over just yet.

MONTHLY: SPX is down -2.71%, W4500 is down -2.23%, and AGG is down -1,25%

WEEKLY: Finishing out the second week of November, week 45 showed a substantial loss for SPX & W4500, with AGG giving us a bounce. SPX closed down -3.63%, W4500 down -3.93%, and AGG up .28%

To give us some perspective, for SPX, over the past 66 years, this was the 5^th worst week 45 and for W4500, over ...