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Dow Jones Industrial Average Today Continues Historic December Slump as Shutdown Looms

The Dow Jones Industrial Average continues to bleed red as investors pour out of stocks and flock to bonds in the wake of the Federal Reserve's decision to hike interest rates this week.

The Dow hit a 14-month low after shedding another 500 points on Thursday.

This morning, Dow Futures were off another 60 points in premarket hours.

The threat of a U.S. government shutdown is only exacerbating investor fears as well.

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Dow Jones Industrial Average Opens Flat as China Seeks Trade Sanctions Against U.S.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average was little changed at the opening bell as ongoing trade tensions continued to rattle investors.

Yesterday, reports emerged that China is seeking permission from the World Trade Organization to hit the United States with trade sanctions.

China originally lodged the request in 2013, accusing the United States of skirting up to $8.4 billion in duty fees.

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Here's the All-Important Difference Between a "Cheap Stock" and an Undervalued One

Millions of investors are focused, very myopically, on short-term trading at the moment. That's perfectly understandable, but it's a huge mistake in a mid-term election year.

Why?

Because the single biggest risk facing investors today is not that the numbers driving our economy – earnings, jobs, interest rates – collapse, but rather that they're better than "everyone" expects.

Too much "short-termism" results in too many losses, especially at this time of year, when traders are looking to do two things: a) clean house on their portfolios, and b) get in line for big year-end bonuses.

To be sure, the business cycle is long in the tooth; so is the bull market rally. But nowhere is it written in stone that either of those things must come to an end.

What is written, however, are the things that tend to produce huge profits time and again for savvy investors - in any market, to boot...