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Stock market plunges since 2007 – Business Insider

It has been a wild few days in the markets.US markets are rallying Wednesday after an ugly day Tuesday, which saw stocks rally sharply early in the day before a huge sell-off in the final hour of trading.But as interesting as it is to track the play-by-plays, it’s also worth taking a gander at how this recent plunge looks relative to others.This chart from Doug Short highlights […]

EL-ERIAN: Tuesday's stock market action was 'particularly …

YouTube / TEDx TalksMohamed El-ErianSee AlsoROSENBERG: Something changed in the market and it’s significantTOM LEE: History shows that we’re not doomed for a bear marketThis is ‘the danger’The US stock markets spent most of Tuesday in the green before tumbling into the close.The Dow was up by as much as 441 points (2.7%) early in the trading day, and yet […]

Make no mistake — the stock market might still be … – Business Insider

USDA.govMonday was ugly.After stocks saw their worst week in four years, markets started Monday deep in the red, with the Dow plummeting 1,089 points before recovering some of its losses. All of the major US indexes fell over 3% by the end of the day.Tuesday feels like sunshine after a storm. Markets opened sharply higher, with the Dow up 390 […]

Stock market sell off is about price – Business Insider

Investing.comThe recent collapse in stocks has been quick and brutal.It has not been a fun couple of days in the stock market. On Monday, the Dow lost 588 points, capping the blue-chip index’s first-ever string of back-to-back-to-back days of 300-point declines. Shortly after the market open on Monday, stocks were in a panic, with the Dow falling more than 1,000 points while […]

Here's a simple explanation for what just happened to the stock market

Business InsiderThe BI Markets team!See AlsoQ&A: What’s behind the China’s yuan devaluationHere’s why China is weakening its currencyDeutsche Bank on China’s crazy stock market: ‘There’s no obvious explanation’Global markets are making a woooooooooooshing sound Monday morning as everything tanks.Why is this happening, and should you be worried?Well, I talked to our Markets team. It is inarguably made up of the […]

Here's how ugly it needs to get before they shut down the stock market

Wikimedia CommonsIt’s wild out there on Monday morning.Dow futures were down as much as 700 points, the S&P 500 was down about 4%, and the Nasdaq fell 5%, triggering a “limit down” brief pause in trading.And while we’re still a bit away from the point at which the S&P 500 will stop trading for a period, Dave Lutz at JonesTrading […]

Market update, August 21 – Business Insider

Wikimedia CommonsWe just witnessed the worst week for the US stock market in four years. The blue-chip Dow fell more than 500 points Friday and entered correction territory on an intra-day basis — defined as a 10% drop from recent highs. Major stock markets across Europe and Asia also closed sharply lower.First, the scoreboard:Dow: 16,459.75, -530.94, (-3.12%)
S&P 500: 1,970.89, -64.84, (-3.19%)
Nasdaq: 4,706.04, -171.45, (-3.52%)
And […]

The contrarian in you has to be intrigued by this trend in the stock

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Veteran stock market strategist Richard Bernstein continues to be bullish on US stocks.While the S&P 500 has more than tripled since its lows in March 2009, investor sentiment shows little sign of mania.”The US bull market is more than six years old, but investors haven’t yet embraced it,” Bernstein writes. “Recent mutual fund flow data continue to show that […]

Global stock markets don't like the China … – Business Insider

China surprised everyone for the second day running, slashing the value of its currency against the dollar. There are lots of different explanations. It could be seen as a move to boost falling exports, to prepare for a US interest rate rise or just to give the currency more flexibility to move in the future as growth slows.But the UK, EU and […]

Criminals are manipulating the stock market and regulators can't …

ShutterstockThe SEC has gone from tracking illicit traders from chat rooms to an international game of cat-and-mouse. Sometimes the crooks keep one step ahead of regulators.See AlsoWatch Out For Twitter Stock Hoaxes, Which Are Getting Trickier By The DayHow To Effectively Regulate Mortgage LendingWhy Cash Incentives For Whistleblowers Are Actually UsefulOn May 14 a Bulgarian stock schemer is alleged to […]