There was not much follow-through to the gains from the previous week, only four of eleven S&P SPDR sectors were higher last week, notes Bonnie Gortler of bonniegortler.com.  

Bond traders have talked themselves into believing the Fed will kill the economy just as stock traders are starting to think that a fading economy could be a good thing since it would cause the Fed to ease rates, states Joe Duarte, editor of In the Money Options.

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