A bad word was found, not even. Tw investors allatched the market with care in the hopes that st. Nicholas s would be there. Alas, there was no rally, bri its all t. Because compared to last year, calm was ame wel sight. Apologize to Clement Clark moore, but investors might well had been relieved tre wasnt the same turmoil we saw last Christmas Eve when the dow fell more than650 points and the s p briefly entered bear market it tey. Today in our holiday shortened session, the dow fell just 36 points. Nasdaq climbed another seven to close at its ninth straight record. Thats the first time thats happened since 1998. The s p 500 was off. What a difrence a year makes. Reporter this time last year, the dow was closing on the what made the difference . A combination of four factors, the fed cut rates and added liquidity to the market. Economic data has been strong to indicate no recession. Third, hopes for a truce on the tariff and trade wars and the Global Economy may be botts ing. Is up 28