Financial 411: The 'Flash Crash,' a Year Later
Crude Oil Prices FallWhat goes up, also comes down. Crude oil, which has been trading sharply higher this year, plunged nearly nine percent on Thursday. That's the sharpest one-day drop in more than...
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This week a technical glitch in electronic trading sent the stocks of nearly 150 companies, like Bank of America and GE, on a wild ride. It was the latest in a string of stock market snafus, including...
View ArticleFast Cash Dash Flash Crash Clash
In our Speed episode, we learn just how outdated our idea of the stock market is.First of all, (perhaps we were naïve?) those sweaty dudes you usually think of when you hear the words "Wall Street" --...
View ArticleHow One Man Can Crash the Stock Market
Five years have passed since the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell nearly a 1,000 points in a matter of minutes, and we're still trying to understand what happened. In the months after the crash,...
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