Not A Great Month For Stocks

Markets ended the last trading day of August in the red, with the Dow and S&P 500 posting their worst monthly declines since May 2012.  Trading was slow on Friday as worries about the escalating Syria situation and the Fed appear to have discouraged some investors.  For the week, the S&P 500 lost 1.84%, the Dow lost 1.33%, and the Nasdaq lost 1.86%.

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