Stop trying to make sense of the stock market.

The one question every investor was asking on Monday has no answer: Why? Why did the Dow Jones Industrial Average close down nearly 1,200 points, or 4.6%?

Market commentators are already arguing that stocks were bound to fall because interest rates are rising and inflation is sure to jump as the economy heats up. But a week or two ago, before stocks stumbled, analysts were saying just as glibly that moderate increases in interest rates and inflation were good for stocks….

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