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A swift and sudden downdraft in global stocks is raising concern among ordinary investors about the impact on their portfolios and 401(k) plans. The S&P 500 slid 160 points, or 3%, to 5,186 on Monday, ...

The S&P 500 has climbed 20% since April. The stock market has been on a tear in recent weeks, shrugging off newly imposed tariffs, caution at the Federal Reserve and war in the Middle East. The S&P ...

Can anything stop the stock market? The U.S. economy recently weathered the worst pandemic in 100 years, the worst inflation in 40 years, and the highest interest rates in 20 years. Yet from 2019 ...

You may not realize how great the stock market has been. But, our columnist says, it can’t keep rising at this pace for long. By Jeff Sommer Jeff Sommer writes Strategies, a weekly column on markets, ...