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Stock markets get pasted

The widely watched S&P 500 index not only failed to hold the 900 level yesterday, it also closed below its 50 and 200 moving averages, a highly bearish signal. The Dow and Nasdaq also got whacked. Trader Mike reads the…

Stock market rally seems unreal

Michael Santoli in Barron’s Final-hour surges and air pockets, common lately, unnerve the methodical investor. The apparent gaming of newly popular leveraged exchange-traded funds late in the day is another wrinkle… These funds always need to trade in the same…