During times of stock market volatility and big daily drops, one term that gets bandied about is "circuit breaker." But many investors and others may not know what the market circuit breaker is and ...

Trading on the New York Stock Exchange was halted briefly Monday morning when the S&P 500 index fell 7%. Here's how these automatic circuit... Six minutes after trading began on the New York Stock ...

Markets are fundamentally human, and therefore fueled by human emotions, including anxiety and fear. When such emotions get excessive, market-wide circuit breakers can come into play. These mechanisms ...

Six minutes after trading began on the New York Stock Exchange on Monday, it was suddenly halted. That's when the S&P 500 index had plummeted 7% and marketwide circuit breakers kicked in. Trading ...

Six minutes after trading began on the New York Stock Exchange on Monday, it was suddenly halted. That's when the S&P 500 index had plummeted 7% and marketwide circuit breakers kicked in. Trading ...

U.S. stocks had gone more than 20 years without a market-wide trading halt. We've now tripped the so-called circuit breakers two times in four days. On Monday, March 9, the S&P 500 fell 7% within ...