What affects the market today could mean nothing tomorrow, but there is one dynamic I’ve been seeing over and over in today’s market. It relates to the price of oil. Consider that since November, the Dow Jones has dropped 20 percent. Oil on the other hand, has doubled and nearly every day that oil hits a new record high, the stock market ends down on the day.  On Monday, when oil prices fell $4 a barrel, the market rallied higher. The reason oil is having such a nasty effect on…

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