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In this photo provided by the New York Stock Exchange, traders work on the floor, Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021. . (Colin Ziemer/New York Stock Exchange via AP) NYRD202

January 17, 2021 at 6:30 pm

Newbies discover penny stocks and 1 trillion shares get traded

The latest hot trend among some individual investors is speculating in stocks with prices so low and financial documentation so sparse that they don't trade...

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Trader Thomas McArdle works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019. The Dow Jones Industrial Average sank 800 points after the bond market flashed a warning sign about a possible recession for the first time since 2007. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) NYRD118 NYRD118

August 14, 2019 at 1:36 pm

Yield curve drama no reason to lose your mind, stock pickers say

Cliched as it may be, managers with a longer-term horizon said the plunge, if anything, creates an opportunity to buy stocks.

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Trader John Romolo works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2019. U.S. stocks fell broadly in midday trading Wednesday as central banks around the world cut interest rates and increased fears that global growth is being crimped by the U.S.-China trade war. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) NYRD104 NYRD104

August 7, 2019 at 1:50 pm

S&P 500 bounce has bulls cheering, but reversals aren’t all good

The impressive recovery for equities defied an easy explanation.

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December 31, 2018 at 4:25 pm

Back to normal volatility felt anything but normal for stock bulls in 2018

The volatility of the stock market in 2018 seemed so severe because 2017 had been so unusually calm.

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Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Monday, Dec. 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

December 24, 2018 at 11:24 am

Stocks pushed to the brink of a bear market on Christmas Eve

By the thinnest of margins, the S&P 500 was spared its first 20 percent decline since 2009, a record run for the bulls. Some observers...

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People on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange moments before the closing bell, Nov. 20, 2018. The stock market’s gains for 2018 were erased on Tuesday, as a sell-off led by giant technology stocks continued. The renewed declines in the United States came after drops in Asia and Europe. (Hilary Swift/The New York Times)

November 20, 2018 at 5:11 pm

Worst day of an awful year leaves no corner of U.S. financial markets unscathed

There was no place to hide from Tuesday’s market declines: The S&P 500 erased its gain for 2018, oil tumbled to a one-year low and...

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July 9, 2018 at 4:12 pm

Big winners this earnings season are those most at risk in trade war

While trade tension may have put a lid on investment gains among technology, materials and energy stocks, it has done little to earnings estimates.

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May 29, 2018 at 4:17 pm

Big days are all bad ones as stocks punish optimists yet again

On Tuesday, stock-market investors were treated to a session of price swings that would have ranked with the worst of the preceding two years —...

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February 14, 2018 at 5:59 pm

CPI climbs, but so does market: Inflation fears didn’t last long

The stock market is nervous, and the economic signposts are harder to spot. Get used to it, experts warn.

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February 12, 2018 at 4:04 pm

No panic in stock market — which troubles bears

Investors’ willingness to buy the dip has cushioned every downturn for nine years, and was playing out again Monday as the Dow climbed 1.7 percent....

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