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This R&D provides resources on a stock market sell-off in the United States (and elsewhere around the world).  Based on fears about China’s economy and decelerating manufacturing in the U.S. economy, investors are selling their holdings.  The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged by more than 1,000 points last Thursday.