Mid-Afternoon Market Update: Fed Will Continue the Taper in February

Toward the end of trading Wednesday, the Dow traded down 1.11 percent to 15,751.48 while the NASDAQ declined 1.08 percent to 4,053.69. The S&P also fell, dropping 0.98 percent to 1,775.19. Top Headline Making headlines across the world Wednesday afternoon were the FOMC minutes. While the Fed declared that it has a