The Nasdaq Is Acting Strange. What That Means for Stocks

Barrons2021-03-16

On March 9, the Nasdaq Composite index did something it hadn’t done in nearly 20 years: It outperformed the Dow Jones Industrial Average by more than 3.5 percentage points—3.59, to be exact. Some ...

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Eellen
2021-03-16
Eellen
Interesting
Jamesncm
2021-03-16
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To invest or not to invest !!!
HLPA
2021-03-16
HLPA
Take great care guys. Dr Doom, where are you?
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  Forecasted this week could be on the brink
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2021-03-16
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2021-03-16
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