After a few weeks riding the stock market roller-coaster, financial journalists are trying to explain what is causing this extreme volatility. 

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There seems to be a new “fear of the day” knocking down the stock market.  Chinese trade talks, Brexit, government shutdowns, Fed rate hikes, inverted yield curves or Trump’s tweets all seem to be culprits in this conspiracy to drive down the stock market.

Since none of these issues have any significant impact on the underlying U.S. economy, why do they cause so many declines in the stock market?

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