You can talk about a world softening and fast but thats not it. What is going on is a sense of order. Get out of the way before more sell orders come in. That has the nasdaq in bear market territory. Slided better than 20 from highs last august. A significant development. It follows the likes of transportation stocks, the dow transports, which tends to show how the economy will do and follows what is happening with an average following Small Company stocks. You have three averages in bear market territory. The s p 500 and the dow even with their incredible skids today are still a couple Percentage Points away. What is doing it . Who will reverse it . Forget about a santa claus rally. Investors are saying santa, really . To fbns Kristina Partsinevelos with the nasdaq where theyre battling a ferocious bear. Kristina . Youre 100 right. It doesnt really have to do with the government shut down. Its the fear in 2019 of a economic slow down. Youre seeing a sell off in risky stocks. The tech