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To be sure, some analysts said that the recent declines don’t necessarily portend a prolonged selloff, and were even welcome after signs of froth in a market that had run up so far, so fast.

The decline is good news for American consumers because cheaper crude portends lower prices for gasoline, diesel, jet fuel and heating oil.

He also warned the failure could portend more problems lurking in credit markets.

The strikes portend a tough winter ahead for Ukraine, as Russia aims to make life harder for Ukrainians and sap their morale.

That has left some investors worried that the rally is kicking up the kind of froth that often portends a downturn.