These Are the Charts That Scare Wall Street

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Halloween’s around the corner, with investors treated to fresh all-time highs in U.S. stocks and nary a trick in sight. But as any scary movie aficionado will tell you, the most formidable frights begin when you’re the most complacent.

This year’s compilation of Wall Street’s chilling charts highlights concern about a debt-laden Corporate America, eerie developments in volatility markets and the ills in industrial sectors of the economy. Here are the ghoulies that petrify the professionals.