Analysts Try to Understand Wild Stock Market Swings

Huge swings in stock prices around the world this week have investors and others wondering what happened, and trying to guess the future direction and strength of markets and the overall economy. Monday saw New York’s Dow Jones stock index fall 1,000 points in a matter of minutes. The next day the Dow rallied more than 400 points, but fell again in the last hour of trading.  Wednesday brought a surge of more than 600 points, one of the largest gains in history.   This week’s...

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