NEW YORK (AP) Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the market.
If youre an investor who was lulled to sleep by the stock markets calm, steady gains this summer, youre wide awake by now. Stocks have swooned over the last three weeks as investors worried about a sea of troubles, including rising interest rates and the trade tensions between the U.S. and China. Both could impair profit growth for U.S. companies.
The S&P 500 index has plunged 9.4 percent in just three weeks, with two separate six-day losing streaks. It hadnt had a streak of losses that long…
