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Equities exodus doesn't mean a failing economy

by Jed Kim
Jun 15, 2016
The first quarter of 2016 saw about a $60 billion retreat from equities.
Investors monitor stock price movements at a securities company in Beijing on June 15, 2016. China on June 15 brushed off stock index firm MSCI's decision to exclude the country's A shares from its influential global equities index, saying that the gauge cannot be complete without the Chinese stocks.
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Why Facebook created a new kind of stock

by Tracey Samuelson
Apr 28, 2016
The company's new C class shares means more control, and it's not the only company to use a tiered system.
Facebook will create a new class of share to sell to investors shares that don't give investors voting power. 
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Tweets to determine certain stock values

by Adriene Hill
Oct 15, 2015
The apocalypse is nigh.
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What goes into the decision to create a spinoff?

by Paddy Hirsch
Oct 9, 2015
U.S. companies are detatching parts of their operations left, right and center.
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Market Update: our coverage of this week's stock chaos

by Paddy Hirsch
Aug 25, 2015
Here’s another way the markets are not like the real world: in the markets, the B word is worse than the C word. So much worse! C is for Correction, a sharp drop in prices, with a defined ending and a recovery. B, on the other hand, is for bear market, a long-term drop, with […]
 A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during the morning of August 27, 2015 in New York City. Dow Jones Industrial Average stocks continued their rally, opening approximately 200 points higher today.
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Stock drop highlights Rule 48 and the market makers

by Paddy Hirsch
Aug 24, 2015
Market makers are the go-to people who keep American exchanges fine-tuned.
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Monday in New York City. 
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Media business gets a rough signal

by Kai Ryssdal and Adriene Hill
Aug 7, 2015
Many are moving away from the traditional cable subscription plan.
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Why not to freak out about the NYSE trading halt

by Kai Ryssdal and Mark Garrison
Jul 8, 2015
Stocks were still bought and sold. And we'll still do the numbers.
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What the China stock market roller coaster means

by Scott Tong
Jul 6, 2015
The government is now propping up the exchange it tried to cool down.
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What makes a correction

by Paddy Hirsch
Jun 2, 2015
When the market runs too hot, stand by for a fall.
Back in 2010, an inexplicably rapid crash in the U.S. stock market garnered the nickname the "Flash Crash."
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