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We're about to enter the longest bull market ever

by Marielle Segarra
Aug 22, 2018
We explain what that means.
The Wall Street Bull sculpture is seen in the Financial District on Dec. 8, 2016 in New York. 
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What is a stock’s target price?

by Marielle Segarra
Aug 20, 2018
Really, it’s just an informed guess about how high or low a stock will go.
A video board shows the Dow Jones closing above 20,000 for the first time at the New York Stock Exchange January 25, 2017 in New York. 
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Bayer facing possible growing legal costs, consumer backlash after Roundup jury award

by Scott Tong
Aug 13, 2018
It’s been a rough day for Monsanto, the maker of the weedkiller Roundup. On Friday a jury awarded a California groundskeeper $289.2 million, concluding that exposure to Roundup caused his cancer. On Monday stock in Bayer, the company that acquired Monsanto earlier this year, tumbled 10 percent. Click the audio player above to hear the […]
Bottles of Monsanto's Roundup are seen for sale June 19, 2018 at a retail store in Glendale, California.
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Why big companies are buying up their own stocks

by Marielle Segarra
Aug 7, 2018
Buybacks among S&P 500 companies are projected to hit $1 trillion this year.
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Divided Decade

2008 crash is now an economic case study

by Stephen Beard
Jul 30, 2018
Economics students in the U.K. led the charge to include lessons from the financial collapse in university curricula.
News tickers at the Nasdaq MarketSite show negative numbers October 9, 2008 in New York City. 
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A handful of new tech companies are hoping to bring new people into the stock market

by Jake J. Smith
May 29, 2018
Federal Reserve data show that just 14 percent of U.S. families own stock directly, and only 52 percent have a retirement account. It’s a highly skewed group: White households are far more likely to hold stock than black or Hispanic households, while the vast majority of stock holdings belong to the wealthiest 5 percent. Economists say […]
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Socially responsible investing is in the crosshairs of the Labor Department

by David Brancaccio
May 7, 2018
An official recommendation was made to not put retirement plans at risk by investing in stocks that focus on environmental social governance, or ESG.
The day's numbers are displayed after the closing bell of the Dow Industrial Average at the New York Stock Exchange on May 3, 2018 in New York.
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Gun sales and stocks drop as big companies and individuals review investments

by Aaron Schrank
Mar 1, 2018
American Outdoor Brands, formerly known as Smith & Wesson, will report earnings after markets close today. The gun-maker’s stock price fell to a five-year low yesterday after Dick’s Sporting Goods said it would stop selling assault-style rifles. After the deadly high school shooting in Florida, many companies and consumers are looking to distance themselves from […]
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Weekly Wrap

Hey, what’s going on in the economy?

by Kai Ryssdal
Feb 9, 2018
Five days of volatile markets, a five-hour government shutdown and one budget bill later ...
Traders and financial professionals work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange at the closing bell on Feb. 2.
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People have been selling off billions in reaction to the markets

by David Brancaccio
Feb 9, 2018
But again, it's important to keep calm.
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