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How You Could Be Making the Most of the Recent Sell-off

If you had never looked at a chart of any of the major stock market indices before and...

U.S. Stocks Inch Upward as Small-Cap Shares Gain Amid Deals

U.S. stocks gained slightly this morning after the first back-to-back weekly losses since January for the Standard &...

Technology Fuels Market to New Record

Thanks to rises in Internet and small-cap shares, among others, the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average...

Biotech Bellyflop Corrects Itself Today

With the Dow Jones slipping 1.6 percent (^DJI), the S&P 500 diving 2 percent (^GSPC) and the Nasdaq...

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Stocks close at new 2014 lows as Fed tapers again

Stocks fell Wednesday as major benchmark indexes hit new 2014 closing lows after the Federal Reserve announced plans...

U.S. Stocks Rise after Three-Day Sell-Off

U.S. stocks rose Tuesday, with the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index rebounding from its worst slump since June,...

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U.S. Stocks Retreat Again after Worst Week Since 2012

U.S. markets fell further today to continue its descent from late last week.

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Wall Street Slides on China Data, Earnings

U.S. stocks fell on Thursday, with the Dow Jones industrial average recording its third consecutive day of losses,...

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Wall Street Ends Mostly Flat in Thin Trading

Stocks closed mostly flat on Monday following a two-week rally, with weaker-than-forecast housing data and light trading volume...

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Wall Street Ends Mostly Flat Today But up for the Week

U.S. stock indexes finished mostly flat on Friday, with the Dow snapping a six-day streak of record closing...