By Nigam Arora & Dr. Natasha Arora To gain an edge, this is what you need to know now. Shutdown Please click here for a chart of S&P 500 ETF (SPY) which represents the benchmark for the stock market index (SPX). Note the following: The government is preparing for a shutdown starting next week if Congress fails to act on the debt ceiling. There have been 14 shutdowns since 1980. The median loss is only -0.1% on the day the budget expires.  The median gain is +0.1% during the shutdown period.  When the shutdown was resolved, the market went up 0.3%. The

By Nigam Arora & Dr. Natasha Arora To gain an edge, this is what you need to know now. Taper Please click here for a chart of S&P 500 ETF (SPY) which represents the benchmark for the stock market index (SPX). Note the following: The chart shows the release of the FOMC statement. Momo had been running up stocks in advance in hopes that there would not be any taper this time. Momo got its wish, no taper this time. The most critical part of Powell’s press conference is that he said it would not take a knock-out, super strong employment report