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Benzinga Market Wrap For August 21: FOMC Minutes Send Markets Spinning
Wednesday, August 21, 2013 - 4:24pm | 718Markets were incredibly volatile Wednesday, eventually closing significantly lower. Equities shot down after the Fed’s minutes were released, and quickly recovered before tanking to end the day. Major Averages The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down 105.44 points, or 0.7 percent to 14,...
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Mini Flash-Crash in Forexland
Wednesday, February 9, 2011 - 2:57am | 608Much has been talked about the 'Flash Crash', a dramatic event that plunged the Dow Jones Industrial Average by over 900 points, and then recovered, in a short period of time. After a lot of investigation, the SEC produced a report on October 1, 2010. In the report, SEC attributed the event to a...
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THE Biggest Trends in 2010
Monday, January 4, 2010 - 9:18am | 939The economy will continue to be the biggest story in 2010. In a macro context, will countries around the globe continue to grow? Will people make more money? Will people with money continue to save and invest that money? We have seen GDP growth in recession stricken countries like the United...