| The plunge continues apace. The S&P is now well below its August 24 panic lows, with the Nasdaq knocking on the door within 100 points of that critical support zone. The Dow Jones is about 300 to 400 points away.
With some blaming the rout on the possibility of more Federal Reserve rate hikes and others looking towards China, the real answer may actually be oil. The first Fed rate hike has not even remotely affected credit levels, so its effect on stocks can only be psychological and temporary. The December rate hike only served to neutralize excess bank reserves by $250 billion, and with $2.12 trillion (see table 2 column 1) in excess to go, there is plenty of room to hike rates further without affecting the credit supply at all...............................................Full Article: Source
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