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stock market

[stok mahr-kit] / ˈstɒk ˌmɑr kɪt /
NOUN
stock exchange
Synonyms
STRONGEST
stock exchange
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American Stock Exchange Amex Big Board Chicago Board of Trade Dow Jones NASDAQ National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations New York Stock Exchange Wall Street board bourse commodities exchange futures exchange the market

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When the stock market appears unstoppable, it is easy for investors to slip past the thin line without noticing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

Joseph Adinolfi and Christine Idzelis shared six charts for investors to keep an eye on as they ponder where the stock market is headed from here.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026

A survey of hundreds of Barclays online brokerage clients during the 2008-09 financial crisis found that their willingness to take risk shriveled as the stock market crashed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

The stock market has now delivered a year’s return in about two weeks.

From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026

It was hard all over again to escape the big-time stock market brokers and win acceptance from the people inside the subprime mortgage bond market.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis