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Why the pessimism over that obscure-sounding shift? Historically, when short-term rates rise above longer rates – which is dubbed an "inversion of the yield curve" – it signals an economic slowdown is coming.

"Investors are questioning whether the Treasury market is telegraphing a more material economic slowdown," says Quincy Krosby, chief market strategist at Prudential Financial.

But fears of a coming recession weren't the only thing worrying investors. Other fears that drove the Dow down 3.1 percent to 25,027 Tuesday include:

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Fading glow of trade cease-fire

The optimism following the cease-fire on trade between the U.S. and China over the weekend at the G-20 summit lasted just one trading day. Now there's rising skepticism about whether a deal between the world's two biggest economies can be reached during the 90-day pause.

That's causing a lot of uncertainty for investors and is exacerbating worries about slowing growth, as tariffs result in higher prices for goods, which hurts sales and earnings of U.S. companies.

"The post G-20 relief rally in stocks seems to be fizzling out," Oliver Jones of investment research firm Capital Economics says.

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Stocks fall below key price floor

The broad Standard & Poor's 500 stock index, which lost 3.2 percent, also fell below a key price level that suggests its long-term trend of rising prices might be coming under assault. The large-company stock gauge dipped below its average price over the past 200 days, which prompted jittery investors to sell stocks more aggressively.

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Glad Trump sent signals to Fed not to raise interest rates again. Clearly they listened. Economy isn’t in bear or bull market imo. Think we are in a wait and see mode but we certainly need this trade war to end and I do think it ends soon. Maybe that can be a positive catalyst going into 2019.

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WASHINGTON — In mid-May 2017, Paul Manafort, facing intensifying pressure to settle debts and pay mounting legal bills, flew to Ecuador to offer his services to a potentially lucrative new client — the country’s incoming president, Lenín Moreno.

Mr. Manafort made the trip mainly to see if he could broker a deal under which China would invest in Ecuador’s power system, possibly yielding a fat commission for Mr. Manafort.

But the talks turned to a diplomatic sticking point between the United States and Ecuador: the fate of the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

In at least two meetings with Mr. Manafort, Mr. Moreno and his aides discussed their desire to rid themselves of Mr. Assange, who has been holed up in the Ecuadorean Embassy in London since 2012, in exchange for concessions like debt relief from the United States, according to three people familiar with the talks, the details of which have not been previously reported.

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I told him I wanted him to run for Governor. He said "It was a hard decision but I can't do both jobs".

He was pleasant enough, though most people didn't recognize him.

I told him I understood but that he should reconsider and run for Governor.

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I would of hammered his arse in front of everyone

Obviously not, Landry kept publicly telling Kennedy to declare and Kennedy said publicly for Landry to declare because he was taking his time. This was 2 weeks ago so no they don’t talk.

Actually it’s refering to “general public” but let’s have some fun

Landry needs to reconsider. Otherwise we won’t have anybody that’s won a statewide race running vs Edwards. Kennedy is a piece of shite btw. Thanks for throwing the party into a knife fight.

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They were struggling with Memphis. LOL no way

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Who could Memphis beat in the SEC?

Can they not pass this in the lame duck session?

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Texas just lost to a school called Radford

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Yea because Radford can play. I was watching the Joes pushing the spread by betting Texas all day. Radford is probably the favorite to win the Big Sourh

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