So what, exactly, didn't the markets like about the minutes of the Federal Reserve’s December meeting? After an initial spike to the day's high at 2595 at 2:09 p.m. New York time, nine minutes after the 2:00 p.m. release of the minutes, the Standard & Poor's 500 went into reverse, finishing the day at 2584. […]


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