Note: Our daily “S&P 500 Outlook, Forecast, and Trading plan for Thursday, 05/16” will be posted around 8:30am EDT, Thursday. THE GIST (“THE WHAT”) Weaker-than-expected retail and industrial data out of the U.S. and China reignited fears of a global recession in the wake of escalating trade tensions, eroding confidence at the open. However, reports that the (more…)