How the world’s major stocks markets have done this month

The speed at which this happened yesterday was eerily reminiscent of the May 6, 2010 flash crash, as bids seemingly disappeared only to resurface as fast as they vanished.

See how Oregon stacked up against the other states in the U.S. The slide: more than 1000 points in minutes.

They say a week is a long time in politics.

The Dow closed at 15,666.44 on Tuesday, down 204.91 points. He’s been in this field for 30 years, experience that assures him this isn’t a full-fledged stock market crash.

Wait, wait, wait, how does the stock market even work?

However, one financial analyst said the market decline is not unusual and long-term investors should expect a number of downturns over the course of a value stock’s life cycle.

Despite the haphazard selling, some, including our wealth-management firm, elected to be buyers on the open.

US stocks rebounded sharply on Tuesday, as investors sought out bargains after the Dow Jones Industrial Average’s worst three-session drop. Most of the time it’s just called the Dow. Nope, the problem started thousands of miles away in China.

In Europe, markets were struggling.

According to market watchers interviewed by The City Wire and Talk Business & Politics, the markets are primarily reacting to serious concerns about Chinese economic health.

Because China’s economy is clearly slowing, and it may turn out that the economic growth rates the Chinese government has been reporting for the last few years weren’t accurate.

Basically, the country is in a TON of debt, which is a result of the 2008 crisis. The Apple brand was also recently ranked in a BrandZ report compiled by Millward Brown as the most valuable brand in the world – as if the lines around the corner anytime it debuts a new product in its Apple stores didn’t give that away.

When the market falls, it’s an opportunity to buy more.

It will also cut the reserve requirement ratios for most big banks by 0.5 percent.

No, not at all.

Stocks in the utility sector largely mirrored the broader market trends throughout the day, but ended up taking a slightly bigger hit than the rest. “It’s holding up better than most global markets”. On Friday, they got more bad news: A private survey showed another drop in manufacturing on the mainland.

“Wealth does impact consumer sentiment, investor sentiment and consumption”, said Steve Taddie, a managing partner at Stellar Capital Management in Phoenix.

Those student loan interest rates are ugly. People actually came back from the cottage to empty portfolios.