Thanks to two major crashes, October usually is pegged as the worst month for stocks – but that's not the case.
It's actually the current month that has delivered the worst performance, leading to the question: Why do stocks fall in September?
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WARNING: These Stocks Will Crush You (Strong Sell)
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Log in to your brokerage account… Call your broker… Request a plan prospectus from your pension administrator… Jump online and review the holdings in your "target retirement" funds, ETFs, variable annuities…
Do whatever it takes to find out – today – how much exposure you have to real estate investment trusts (REITs), and mortgage REITs in particular.
Stock-Market "Antifreeze" Can Boost Your Return, Too
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If there's one thing a trader fears most, it's a lack of information… especially when it comes to the most basic of all: price.
So I wasn't surprised when all hell broke loose last week when the entire Nasdaq exchange shut down for three hours. "Technical issues" related to price quote dissemination.
Shah Gilani Is "Nervous" About the Markets
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When it comes to the stock market, it's not the "little dips" that are a concern, Money Morning Capital Wave Strategist Shah Gilani said Tuesday.
What is worrisome are the "black holes," and if and when we'll step into one.
With Goldman Sachs' $100 million loss Tuesday, and the Nasdaq shutting down for hours today, looks like we're already there…
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This Week in Numbers
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It's the numbers that count in this crazy world. They can tell stories that words can't.
Here's a look at some of the fascinating, infuriating, amusing, depressing, and altogether important numbers that the world has put up on the board recently – and why you need to know them.
Stock Market News Today: Dow Nears 15,000
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Perhaps lower summer trading volumes are leaving stocks more vulnerable to larger moves lately…
The stock market today fell 70 points to 15,010; the S&P lost nearly 10 points; the Nasdaq fell 12. This marks the Dow's fourth straight day of losses – the first four-day losing streak of 2013.
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The IPO Market Is Back Big-Time
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As we move deeper into the second half of the year, we're seeing a robust IPO market that has been able to shake off 2012's Facebook IPO shame.
So far this year there have been 116 debut offerings, the strongest pace since 2007.
As Money Morning Executive Editor Bill Patalon explained earlier this week in his Private Briefing investment service column, the IPO market in 2013 is "white hot."
From Bill's analysis: The market has locked and loaded on about $4 billion in U.S. IPOs so far this year, Bloomberg News reports. At that pace, companies "going public" would raise the most this year since at least 1999, the financial news service says.
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Why This Stock Market Sell-Off Will Continue
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A global stock market sell-off sent the Dow Jones Industrial Average down more than 200 points Monday in morning trading.
Money Morning Capital Wave Strategist Shah Gilani joined FOX Business' "Varney & Co." to answer the big question: Will the stock market sell-off keep going?
Watch Gilani's full interview to find out how two huge factors will keep pushing down markets that have been falling since Ben Bernanke triggered triple-digit losses last week.
Stock Market this Week: Will Dow Soar Past 15,000?
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average hit 15,000 Friday – so will the stock market this week see another new high?
Money Morning Chief Investment Strategist Keith Fitz-Gerald joined FOX Business' "Varney & Co." program Monday morning to discuss how much higher the market can go. Listen to Keith's take on what's ahead for investors.
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