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Before the Bell: Stock Market News Today and Earnings to Watch

By , Behavioral Trading Specialist, Money Morning -

Five Stories to Watch in the Stock Market Today, Jan. 27:

  • The Global Sell-Off Continues: Global markets fell again on Monday. Turmoil continues to spread through Argentina, India, Brazil, and Turkey amid a selloff in developing-market currencies. This complements a growing concern over a Chinese credit crunch. The Chicago Board Options Exchange Emerging Markets ETF Volatility Index spiked 40% last week, the single largest weekly increase since September 2011, according to Bloomberg. The Volatility S&P 500(VIX) is now up more than 47% in the past 30 days amid concerns of global turmoil ripping across emerging markets.

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Stock Market Today: Why Crocs (Nasdaq: CROX) Stock Soared 21%

By , Money Morning -

Stock Market Today, Dec. 30: In the second-to-last trading day of the year, stocks are fairly flat except for some double-digit movers in the consumer and biotech sectors, like Crocs Inc. (Nasdaq: CROX) stock.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average today clutched a small gain of 25 points while both the Standard & Poor's 500 and Nasdaq Composite Index ended in the red. They fell about 0.02% and 0.06%, respectively.

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Stock Market Today: Expect "Insane" Trading as Second Quarter Ends

By , Contributing Writer, Money Morning -

The stock market today fell more than 50 points in the first 10 minutes of trading, with the Dow dipping below 15,000.

June has been a volatile month for U.S. equities with the Dow experiencing 15 triple-digit moves out of 18 sessions.

As we start the final trading day of the month, which is also the last of the second quarter, expect heavy volume and wild swings.

As Business Insider pointed out yesterday, in the last five seconds of the trading day at the end of the month, or quarter, traders brace for what can best be described as intensely insane trading.

The following chart, with blue diamonds representing the end of the month and red ones representing the end of a quarter, shows the dramatic increase in E-mini trades (S&P futures contracts) that transpire at the close of trading at the end of the month, or quarter, compared to E-mini trades at the close of a regular trading session.

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Stock Market Today: A Brief Bounce and a 135% Winner

By , Money Morning -

The stock market today is recovering from yet another ugly trading session as investors prepare for the European Union summit later this week. Yesterday all three major U.S. stock indexes were down more than 1%. Sending the markets slightly higher today was a modestly encouraging home prices report. Home prices, measured by the S&P/Case Shiller […]

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