away from 20% of the highs, definition of a bear market. welcome. i m neil cavuto. this is your world. it was a selling world all this week amid concerns that inflation is rocketing, the fed is hiking rates and the economy could be slowing dramatically. its been so weird this week. because remember the reaction the markets had to news that jerome powell at the federal reserve was going to start aggressively hiking interest rates. a 75 basis point hike earlier this week. the highest since a fellow named bill clinton was in the oval office in 1994. that was then. concerns that he will have to do more of that right now. doesn t jackie deangelis know it. taking a look at the week that is now done. jackie? good afternoon, neil. even with this mixed picture at the close today, it was a sell button dominated wall street week. take a look at the major three averages. it was a sea of red. year to date, the markets have been pummeled. the dow and the s&p 50 oh sorry. the nasdaq a
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