Stocks Fall In Volume; Leaders Also Hit

Stocks spun lower in greater volume Thursday despite encouraging economic news. The Dow dropped 0.4%, while the Nasdaq and S&P 500 shaved off 0.3% each. The NYSE composite eased 0.2%. Volume rose across the board, meaning all four major indexes suffered...

What Caused the Flash Crash? Most Important Will it Happen Again?

In what is now being called the “flash crash”, the Dow lost over 700 points in a matter of minutes, at one point being down nearly 1,000 points for the day, before storming back.  I actually watched Apple’s stock go from $258 per share...