Stocks plunged a year ago — here’s what’s different about the current environment By: MarketWatch October 22, 2019 at 10:33 AM EDT Earnings are so far better than expected, and the Fed is keeping interest rates low. Read More >> Related Stocks: Adv Micro Devices Alphabet-A Alphabet-C Amazon.com Apple Facebook Intel Corp Micron Technology Microsoft NVIDIA Corp SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust