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The Economy's Safety Valve

Periodic crises like the subprime mess may be necessary to keep global markets from melting down

Stock Volatility: Get Off the Roller Coaster

Pick stocks with low volatility if you want to avoid white knuckle

Bernanke's Bailout

The Federal Reserve chairman sent stocks surging and made many investors happy. But he's also taking risks with inflation

Stressed Out on Wall Street

Today's investing professionals have a modern set of coping strategies, including prescription drugs, wellness programs, and the long view

Cleaning Up on the Meltdown

By anticipating problems in the credit markets, a Yale-trained computer scientist and other asset managers are producing healthy returns

The Debt Market: Signs Of Life

The jump in stocks may have grabbed the headlines, but a budding recovery in the credit market is the real good news

Lessons from the '87 Crash

Enjoying the Dow's record run? Don't get too comfy. The market's Black Monday breakdown is a reminder of how quickly investor sentiment can turn
Slide Show: The '87 Crash: 20 Years Later

How to Protect Your Portfolio

We asked investment managers to share their favorite techniques for safeguarding clients' portfolios against a bear market

Sectors: Tracking the Bear's '87 Rampage

A comparative look at the economy and markets of 1987 vs. today, plus a review of sector performances during three crash-related periods

Sizing Up the Next Crash

Laszlo Birinyi of Birinyi Associates believes 21st-century markets are prone to systemic failure and that 1990s structural reforms haven't worked

Flashback: How the Bull Crashed Into Reality

A five-year, $2 trillion surge has stopped—and the search is on for ways to curb volatility