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Byline: Adam Shell, USA TODAYThe Dow took another big hit Thursday, closing down more than 600 points after Apple warned about slowing revenue and iPhone sales in China, and a [...]

Byline: Adam Shell, USA TODAYThe Dow posted a small gain in a volatile first day of trading for 2019 as the battered bull market looks to rebound from its worst [...]

Byline: Adam Shell, USA TODAYStocks closed out a bruising 2018 with gains on New Year's Eve but it wasn't enough to help the market avoid its biggest annual loss in [...]

Byline: Adam Shell, USA TODAYFor stock investors, 2019 can't get here fast enough.One of the broadest measure of stocks, the Standard & Poor's 500 index, has been pounded in 2018 [...]

Byline: Adam Shell, USA TODAYIt's been a wild, often gloomy year for financial markets. But there's still a little time left to bolster your investment portfolio and increase your chances [...]

Byline: Adam Shell, USA TODAYIf investors could ever use a late-December stock surge, this is the year. But the prospect of a so-called Santa Claus Rally is looking more and [...]

Byline: Adam Shell, USA TODAYThe worst December for stocks since 1931 keeps getting worse.The Dow closed sharply lower again Thursday amid a negative reaction to the Federal Reserve's latest interest [...]

Byline: Adam Shell, USA TODAYThe battered Dow closed higher but well off its best levels Tuesday, staging a rebound from a two-day drop of more than 1,000 points sparked by [...]

Byline: Adam Shell, USA TODAYEverybody's heard of sticker shock. But what about account balance trauma?That's a form of distress 401(k) savers with all their money invested in stocks likely will [...]

Byline: Adam Shell, USA TODAYU.S. stocks suffered steep declines Thursday after the arrest of a top Chinese tech executive fanned trade worries and a swoon in oil prices worsened fears [...]

Byline: Adam Shell, USA TODAYSo much for the all-clear sign on Wall Street.Just when it looked like the battered bull was healing, the Dow Jones Industrial Average suffered a drop [...]

Byline: Adam Shell, USA TODAYStocks kicked off the week with a rally, boosted by President Donald Trump's trade truce with China and a de-escalation of tensions that have been weighing [...]

Byline: Adam Shell and Paul Davidson, USA TODAYPresident Donald Trump took fresh aim at Jerome Powell on Tuesday, slamming the Federal Reserve chairman he hand-picked for the job in an [...]

Byline: Adam Shell, USA TODAY After weeks of carnage that marked the worst fourth-quarter start for stocks in 10 years, the market rebounded Monday, raising a key question: Is the [...]

Byline: Adam Shell, USA TODAY Dreaming of getting off the 9-to-5 treadmill and retiring at 65? To make it happen, you'll need a big pile of cash - much of [...]

Byline: Adam Shell, USA TODAY In a span of two phone calls, Daniel Milan found out last week just how nervous some of his Detroit-area investors were about the stock [...]

Byline: Adam Shell, USA TODAY As stock market reactions go, the rally on Wednesday following news of a divided U.S. government was about as far from a scary Brexit-like moment [...]

Byline: Adam Shell, USA TODAY If the big rally on Wall Street after the midterm elections is any guide, gridlock is good for stocks. U.S. equities jumped sharply higher Wednesday [...]

Byline: Adam Shell USA TODAY In a good sign for retirement savers, the average 401(k) account balance reached a record high of $106,500 at the end of the third quarter. [...]

Byline: Adam Shell, USA TODAY The number of 401(k) millionaires hit a record in the third quarter as investors who own stocks in retirement accounts got a boost from the [...]

Byline: Paul Davidson and Adam Shell, USA TODAY The economy isn't the biggest topic on Katherine Cousins' mind as Tuesday midterm elections draw closer. It's the Trump administration's tone and [...]

Byline: Adam Shell, USA TODAY Can flipping a page on the calendar resurrect the fading Wall Street bull? History suggests yes. The calendar may not seem relevant to the performance [...]

Byline: Adam Shell, USA TODAY Wall Street finally bid good riddance to what one professional stock investor dubbed 'Red October.' In a tumultuous month marked by big price swings, rising [...]

Byline: Adam Shell, USA TODAY With the stock market as wobbly and erratic as it has been since early February, all this talk about a so-called price 'correction' can cause [...]

Byline: Adam Shell, USA TODAY Just when it looked like the stock market would never stop going down, it reversed course and went up a lot. The bounce Thursday was [...]

Byline: Adam Shell, USA TODAY Many Americans who hoped to fund their dream of winning the $1.537 billion Mega Millions jackpot by buying a six-number lottery ticket with their credit [...]

Byline: Adam Shell, USA TODAY There's nothing more unnerving to stock investors than watching the market go down day after day. Headlines about 600-point drops in the Dow Jones industrial [...]

Byline: Adam Shell, USA TODAY October is living up to its reputation on Wall Street as a month known for wild swings. The broad U.S. stock market dropped for the [...]

Byline: Adam Shell, USA TODAY If you're in the hunt for the record $1.6 billion Mega Millions jackpot, you may have shelled out a fair amount of cash hoping to [...]

Byline: Adam Shell, USA TODAY The S&P 500 stock index on Thursday again briefly dipped below its average price over the past 200 days, a worrisome sign that suggests trouble [...]

Byline: Adam Shell, USA TODAY Investors are buzzing over pot stocks. Recreational use of marijuana is now legal in Canada, a move Wall Street pros say is akin to the [...]

Byline: Adam Shell, USA TODAY Has the Dow's wild, up-and-down swings got you rattled? Stay calm, keep the panic to a minimum and stick to your plan. That's the only [...]

Byline: Adam Shell, USA TODAY Like flipping a light switch, the tone of the stock market Tuesday went from 'get me out' to 'get back in.' A battered market that [...]

Byline: Adam Shell, USA TODAY A strong batch of quarterly profit reports from a trio of stocks in the Dow Jones industrial average sparked a market rebound Tuesday on Wall [...]

Byline: Adam Shell, USA TODAY Damage assessments from the recent market slump are rolling in, and stock losses are more gruesome and bigger than they appear on the surface. The [...]

Byline: Adam Shell, USA TODAY Stock market downdrafts of 5 percent or more can cause an investor's blood pressure to spike and anxiety levels to rise. And Wall Street's most [...]

Byline: Adam Shell, USA TODAY In a span of six treacherous days on Wall Street, the mood of the stock market has turned from giddy optimism to gloomy pessimism. Pinpointing [...]

Byline: Adam Shell, USA TODAY The Wall Street bull got bloodied and battered Wednesday as the stock market suffered its biggest sell-off since February. Investors bailed out of the market [...]

Byline: Adam Shell, USA TODAY Affluent millennials, part of the largest generation that grew up in the shadow of the Great Recession, see another market meltdown in their future. Nearly [...]

Byline: Adam Shell, USA TODAY Is it time to rate-proof your investment portfolio? With a recent spike in borrowing costs causing swings in the market and angst on Wall Street, [...]

Byline: Adam Shell, USA TODAY It's not just short-term interest rate hikes from the Federal Reserve that are affecting the personal finances of Americans. The recent spike in the yield [...]

Byline: Adam Shell USA TODAY There's no better feeling than landing your first job and depositing that first paycheck. But with that money comes responsibility: You need to figure out [...]

Byline: Adam Shell, USA TODAY A major reshuffling of how stocks are labeled and categorized on Wall Street could prompt some investors to adjust their portfolios. The big change is [...]