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Headline Roundup March 11th, 2020

11-Year Bull Market Ends as Volatility, Coronavirus Fears Plague Wall Street

Summary from the AllSides News Team

Wall Street's all-time longest "bull market" run — 11 years — ended Wednesday as U.S. stocks continue to feel dramatic effects from global coronavirus panic. Some media coverage focused on future projections and uncertainty as the virus continues to spread, while others placed the market's current volatility in historical context or concentrated on positive signs from futures contracts after markets closed Wednesday.

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The Dow just tumbled into a bear market — here’s how long those downturns last on average
The Dow just tumbled into a bear market — here’s how long those downturns last on average

MarketWatch

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It’s the end of a bullish era for the stock market and the beginning of a new phase of bearishness, after a sharp plunge for risk assets on Wednesday pushed the Dow Jones Industrial Average into bear-market territory for the first time in more than a decade.

U.S. equity indexes on Wednesday mostly resumed a downtrend that saw all three major U.S. equity gauges touch bear-market territory, commonly defined as a decline of at least 20% from a recent peak. The declines deepened after the World Health Organization declared COVID-19,...

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Wall Street ends 11-year ‘bull market’ as coronavirus fears spread
Wall Street ends 11-year ‘bull market’ as coronavirus fears spread

The Guardian

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Wall Street’s record-breaking 11-year “bull market” came to an end on Wednesday as fears about the spreading Covid-19 pandemic hit stock markets again.

US stock markets have been on an unprecedented streak since 2009, a bull market of gains. On Wednesday investors sold off shares across all sectors after the World Health Organization declared the outbreak a pandemic for the first time and criticized “alarming levels of inaction” by governments in corralling the virus.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down over 1,400 points, 5.8%. After days of wild fluctuations,...

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Futures are rebounding Wednesday night after Dow closes in bear market. Traders await Trump
Futures are rebounding Wednesday night after Dow closes in bear market. Traders await Trump

CNBC

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Futures contracts tied to the major U.S. stock indexes were higher on Wednesday night after the Dow Jones Industrial Average ended its historic 11-year bull market run by closing in a bear market.

Dow futures were up more than 200 points. S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures were also higher.

President Donald Trump will deliver an Oval Office speech at 9 p.m. ET in an effort to address questions and concerns about the spread of the novel coronavirus. The president is expected to unveil details of his economic stimulus plan...

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