While this support level may hold, as market participation thins heading into the weekend we could yet see some volatile moves.

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Thus it makes perfect sense that, even as the Nasdaq stockmarket was being volatile yet again, the Securities and Exchange Commission was this week focusing on the integrity of auditors.

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Yet in such a volatile market, a small rise in rates could have a disproportionate effect.

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