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Cartoon View: The Bull market divide

Opinion Brief: The stock market's 'melt up': Will the rally end painfully?

By the numbers: The stock market's history of September swoons: By the numbers

Best Video: Stephen Colbert's evisceration of the New York Post's Dow cover

The List: The Dow's 'scary' collapse: 6 theories

Instant Guide: Why women are better investors

Best Column: Sell low, buy high: Are investors being stupid again?

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Dow Ups and Downs : Opinion Brief

Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange: The Dow Jones Industrial Average has surprisingly climbed 19 percent since October.

The stock market's 'melt up': Will the rally end painfully?

Posted on January 24, 2012, at 1:24 PM

The Dow is on a tear, but with economic storm clouds looming, complacent investors may be in for a rude awakening

Dow Ups and Downs : Opinion Brief

A trader looks concerned at the New York Stock Exchange: Europe's debt crisis is causing many to question whether stocks are no longer the promising investment they once were.

Is investing in stocks too frighteningly risky?

Posted on September 29, 2011, at 2:41 PM

The dizzying ups and downs of equities markets are scaring investors all around the world — and some prognosticators believe a crash is inevitable

Dow Ups and Downs : Opinion Brief

Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange: The Dow's Thursday crash capped a 5.9 percent decline over two days, which is the worst slide since late 2008.

Global market meltdown: Are stocks going to crash?

Posted on September 23, 2011, at 12:20 PM

Abroad, the bear market has arrived. And many U.S. investors fear things will only get worse

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Dow Ups and Downs : By the numbers

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Tuesday morning: Bracing for another September of Doom?

The stock market's history of September swoons: By the numbers

Posted on September 7, 2011, at 11:47 AM

This month is notoriously the worst for stocks. And once again, we're off to a lousy start

Dow Ups and Downs : Opinion Brief

A trader on the New York Stock Exchange: Stocks are trading cheaply relative to earnings and some are saying it's time to buy.

Are stocks really a bargain right now?

Posted on August 15, 2011, at 11:32 AM

Analysts are split on whether the volatile market means investors should buy in or sell out

Dow Ups and Downs : Opinion Brief

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange: This week saw four straight days of 400-point swings on the Dow Jones Industrial Average -- the most in its history.

The Dow roller coaster: When will it stop?

Posted on August 12, 2011, at 12:06 PM

After a week of historic stock market volatility, no one's sure if the worst is behind us — or if we're trapped on a long, bumpy ride without any Dramamine

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Dow Ups and Downs : Best Video

Stephen Colbert scored a comic victory Wednesday night when mocking the New York Post's absurd stock market headline.

Stephen Colbert's evisceration of the New York Post's Dow cover

Posted on August 11, 2011, at 3:34 PM

After the New York City tabloid runs a bafflingly ribald front-page headline, the late-night comedian gets the last laugh

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Dow Ups and Downs : Opinion Brief

A New York Stock Exchange ticker shows Monday's massive stock market drop -- the steepest one-day decline since the 2008 financial crisis.

The stock market's frightening volatility: Is it 2008 all over again?

Posted on August 9, 2011, at 12:28 PM

Turbulent markets, panicked investors, imperiled financial institutions... sound familiar?

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Dow Ups and Downs : The List

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Thursday, when the stock market had its worst one-day plunge in years.

The Dow's 'scary' collapse: 6 theories

Posted on August 5, 2011, at 9:34 AM

Stocks took their sharpest drop in more than two years on Thursday. What caused the panic?

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Dow Ups and Downs : Instant Guide

Male investors could take some pointers from their female counterparts: Research reveals that women have more self-control, and therefore take fewer risks in the market.

Why women are better investors

Posted on June 17, 2011, at 10:54 AM

A new study suggests that the risk-averse strategy of many female investors yields more profit than men's more frenetic, reactive tactics

Dow Ups and Downs : Best Column

Investors are repeating past mistakes ??€” buying high and selling low ??€” "the opposite of what we are supposed to be doing," says Carl Richards at The New York Times.

Sell low, buy high: Are investors being stupid again?

Posted on February 23, 2011, at 10:46 AM

Everybody knows it's unwise to start buying stocks after the market rises sharply, says Carl Richards in The New York Times. So why do we keep doing it?

Dow Ups and Downs : Opinion Brief

The Dow usually starts strong in September, then reverses.

Will the Dow tumble in September?

Posted on September 1, 2010, at 12:23 PM

Historically, September is the worst month of the year for stocks. Given recent slides, some observers are braced for disaster

Dow Ups and Downs : Opinion Brief

The weak economy is causing people to swear off risky stocks in favor of less lucrative but safer U.S. government bonds.

Why Americans are ditching the stock market

Posted on August 23, 2010, at 12:40 PM

Small investors have sold off more than $30 billion in stocks as bad economic news piles up. Has the middle class given up on the market?

Dow Ups and Downs : Opinion Brief

The conditions for the Omen were met last Thursday, and if it repeats in 36 days, believers say the odds of a market crash increase considerably.

The 'Hindenburg Omen': Prelude to a stock market crash?

Posted on August 19, 2010, at 8:45 AM

The apperance of the dreaded Hindenburg Omen — an obscure technical indicator of a market plunge — has some analysts terrified. Should the rest of us be?

Dow Ups and Downs : Opinion Brief

A prominent analyst says the Dow is headed for a historic plunge

Could the Dow plunge to 1,000?

Posted on July 6, 2010, at 10:07 AM

One prominent market forecaster says the U.S. is on the precipice of the worst market crash in its history — ending in a three-digit Dow. Time to sell?

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Dow Ups and Downs : In-depth briefing