The Week Ahead: Will Volatility Ruin Your Holiday?

As of Thursday's close in the US stock market, it has already been a wild week as the Dow Industrials has had over a 160 point range each day this week. On Wednesday, the range was closer to 300 points as the Dow closed at 17,597 after opening at 17,797. The stock market had opened strong on Thursday as the better than expected Retail Sales data encouraged the bargain hunters. As I noted before the opening, there were signs that the market had formed a panic low Wednesday, and as I discuss in th...