Why the Stock Market's Friday Rally Lost Steam

The S&P 500 was up 0.1%. The Nasdaq Composite was up nearly 0.2%. The Dow was up 68 points, or 0.1%. That's about where the major indexes were trading prior to the September personal consumption expenditures price index and the University of Michigan's December update on consumer sentiment and year-ahead inflation expectations. After all that, the stock market is pretty much back where it started Friday's session. ...