MarketWatch writes article about Dow sets mark for most volatile December since 2008:
By Mark DeCambre
Published: Dec 18, 2015 4:17 p.m. ET
This Santa rally feels more like a Grinch grind!
It has been a roller-coaster ride for investors.
By
MarkDeCambre
Cratering crude-oil prices are wreaking havoc on the stock market. But
how rough has this whipsawing stretch of trading been for the Dow Jones
Industrial Average DJIA, -2.10% ? It is shaping up to be the most
volatile December since 2008, according to Dow Jones data.
The Dow industrials finished about 370 points lower Friday to close out
a historic week in which the Federal Reserve raised interest rates
for the first time in nearly 10 years.
Although the move was meant to represent a vote of confidence by the
central bank in the U.S. economy, the attempt to get the monetary
policy back on normal footing and tanking oil prices CLF6, -1.14%
have combined to rattle investors.
So far in December, the Dow has registered 12 days with moves of 100
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