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This website is a great example of the modern day stocks instead of the old ones, this talks about the tsx and its 4% drop in the market, it talks about the effect and reasoning behind it. It also talks a lot about rates and there effect on the market as a whole, they talk about which specific stocks(dow jones) are decreasing/increasing.

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Stock markets on both sides of the border plummeted Friday, with Canada seeing a broad-based decline that included drops in every sector, and the Dow Jones industrial average falling more than 650 points and handing the U.S. market its worst week in two years.

The S&P/TSX composite index, Canada's main stock index, fell 254.89 points to 15,606.03 Friday, closing down 4 per cent over the past week. The last such drop in Canada was more than seven months ago, when the TSX lost about 269 points on May 17, 2017.

While all sectors finished Friday in the red, shares in health care saw the steepest losses of an average 6.18 per cent. Cannabis stocks led the decline in the sector, with Canopy Growth Corp. dropping $3.44 or 12.49 per cent to $24.11, while Aphria Inc. shares fell $1.60 or 10.34 per cent to $13.88. Both were among the top three worst performing shares on the TSX Friday.

Things weren't any better south of the border.

In the U.S., technology, banks and energy stocks accounted for much of the broad slide. Several major companies, including Exxon Mobil and Google's parent company, Alphabet, sank after reporting weak earnings.

Fears of rising inflation sent bond yields higher and contributed to the stock market swoon after the U.S. government reported that wages grew last month at the fastest pace in eight years.

The sharp drop follows a long period of unprecedented calm in the market. Stocks haven't had a pullback of 10 per cent or more in two years, and hit their latest record highs just one week ago.

"We've enjoyed low interest rates for so long, we're having to deal with a little bit higher rates now, so the market is trying to figure out what that could mean for inflation," said Darrell Cronk, head of the Wells Fargo Investment Institute.

While interest rates are still low by historical standards, meaning borrowing is still relatively cheap for businesses and people, they've been rising more swiftly, and that's what has markets on edge.

"The pace of rate increases is more important than the level," said Nate Thooft, senior portfolio manager at Manulife Asset Management.

The increase in rates has been driven by the prospect of stronger economic growth, and higher inflation, in the U.S. and abroad.

The expectation among investors has long been for a gradual rise in U.S. interest rates, as the U.S. Federal Reserve slowly pulls back from the stimulus that it implemented for the economy amid the Great Recession. But if rates rise more quickly than expected, it could upset markets.

The key concern is that the Fed will respond to higher inflation by raising its key interest rate more quickly than expected. The government's latest job and wage data stoked those concerns Friday.

U.S. employers added a robust 200,000 jobs in January, slightly above market expectations for an 185,000 increase. Meanwhile wages rose sharply, suggesting employers are competing more fiercely for workers. The figures point to an economy on strong footing even in its ninth year of expansion, fuelled by global economic growth and healthy consumer spending at home.

That's good news for Main Street, but not for Wall Street. Investors fear the pickup in hourly wages in the U.S., along with a recent uptick in inflation, may make it more likely that the Fed will raise short-term interest rates more quickly in the coming months. Some economists were predicting Friday that the central bank will raise its benchmark rate four times this year, rather than the three times most previously expected.

"With financial conditions continuing to ease and core price inflation also starting to pick up, we expect this will persuade the Fed to hike rates four times this year," Andrew Hunter, an economist with Capital Economics, wrote in a published note Friday.

The market slides may have been overdue, particularly after the strong start for stocks this year where the S&P 500 had its best January in two decades.

The global economy is still strong, corporate profits and sales have been better than expected this reporting season and buyers for stocks still remain, all reasons to be optimistic about stocks, said Nate Thooft, senior portfolio manager at Manulife Asset Management.

"It's appealing, these 2 to 3 per cent pullbacks," said Thooft, who had been trimming some of his stock holdings after the market's big January gains. "We look at this and say, 'Maybe it's your first day to buy a little bit.' "
With files from The Associated Press

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TSX drops nearly 4% this week with triple-digit decline Friday | The Star

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Stock markets on both sides of the border plummeted Friday, with Canada seeing a broad-based decline that included drops in every sector, and the Dow Jones industrial average falling more than 650 points and handing the U.S. market its worst week in two years.

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This website talks about the run of 2017 compared to the run of 2018. 2017 was a great year with lots of value but now everyone expects 2018 to fail and fall because typical after something spikes so rapidly the next coming years tend to dip drastically.

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Investors are quite uneasy about this incredible bull run, as the markets continue to break through to new all-time highs. Usually, the general public becomes overly greedy, but after two crashes in 2000s, many investors have grown cautious about becoming too greedy while stocks are surging.

Many pundits are calling for a mild correction in 2018 after the incredible 2017 run. While many of these so-called experts make calls on the next crash on a consistent basis, one day they'll be right. When that will be, nobody knows. It's never a good idea to time the market, but it's always a prudent decision to have defensive holdings in your portfolio with cash on the sidelines, just in case.

Disciplined long-term investors should embrace market crashes, because they give them an opportunity to buy shares at incredible discounts. It's like Black Friday! But if you don't have any cash on the sidelines, or if you lack defensive holdings, you'll miss out on the sales and you may give up on investing entirely.

Unfortunately, this is what happened to many investors during the tech bubble burst and the Financial Crisis. History will likely repeat itself, another crash is going to happen, and there's really nothing you can do about it, but prepare a portfolio bomb shelter with these solid recession-proof stocks.

Fortis Inc. (TSX:FTS)(NYSE:FTS)

Yes, I know. Utilities are anything but exciting, but Fortis is different from many of its peers. In addition to being a way to batten down the hatches, Fortis has an above-average growth profile with the capability to hike its dividend through the worst of times.

The company has grown by acquisitions to become one of the most dominant utilities in North America. Investors can enjoy a respectable dividend hike of ~6% for a given year through 2021 thanks to its pipeline of growth initiatives.

If you're at all concerned about the state of the market, buy Fortis shares and collect the dividend, which currently yields 3.55%.

Waste Connections Inc. (TSX:WCN)(NYSE:WCN)

Garbage stinks, but the stock of Waste Connections definitely does not, with shares more than tripling over the last five years. Waste collection is a gross, but necessary service, regardless of what state the economy's in. If we're in a recession, trash simply can't be allowed to pile up on the streets, and that's why Waste Connections is one of the best stocks to own if you're looking to play some defence.

On the flip side, when the economy heats up, consumers spending will rise, so that means more orders from digital retailers and more packaging supplies that need to be recycled or trashed.

Recession or not, Waste Connections is a fantastic business, but it's expensive right now, so you're going to be paying a hefty premium multiple for the company's solid growth and stability.

Stay hungry. Stay Foolish.

Fool contributor Joey Frenette has no position in any stocks mentioned.

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Prepare for the Next Stock Market Crash With These Defensive Stocks

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Investors are quite uneasy about this incredible bull run, as the markets continue to break through to new all-time highs. Usually, the general public becomes overly greedy, but after two crashes in 2000s, many investors have grown cautious about becoming too greedy while stocks are surging.

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This website talks about the effect that stock collapse has on jobs and people within the economy. Its important to take all things into thought when the stock market falls, it effect more than most know of and cant be very deadly to the economy. This site brings percents and statistics into the equation and proves to you the effect of the coming "stock shocks"

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Financial markets have faced their first big sell-off scare of the year, but investors might have to endure a few more stock shocks in the coming days, weeks - or perhaps even through 2018. Such is the nature of the beast.

At this point, the most recent data show the Canadian economy still rattling along as predicted, with slower but more sustainable levels of growth. Equity markets, however, are not doing as well at the moment.

Still, after a surprisingly strong performance in what was forecast to be much milder growth in the second half of 2017, gross domestic product gained 0.4 per cent in November, or 3.5 per cent on an annualized basis. Overall, the Bank of Canada is forecasting a three-per-cent gain for 2017, followed by a 2.2-per-cent pace this year as the economy adjusts to a more moderate and sustainable pace.

The labour market, as well, enjoyed a trend of strong job growth in 2017 - at 2.3 per cent, or a gain of 423,000 positions, compared with a 229,000 increase in the workforce a year earlier, or a pace of 1.3 per cent. More Canadians found work, in both full and part-time positions.

Obviously, job creation is not immune to the impact of a slower economy.

January marked the first monthly workforce decline in 16 months - and a whopper loss at that, with 88,000 positions wiped out. Much of that weakness was due to the slowdown in GDP, but also to recent and planned increases in provincial minimum wages.

"We often caution against reading too much into any one month of Canadian employment data, and that holds for both strong reports and weak results," said Douglas Porter, chief economist at BMO Capital Markets.

Indeed, Friday's sudden "sour news is at least in part an offset to the unusually strong gains seen late last year, and most likely does not represent the start of new trend," Porter added.

"However, it does bring the job market back down to Earth, and reinforces the view that the Bank of Canada will proceed ultra-cautiously through the rest of this year."

The central bank's trendsetting interest rate is now at 1.25 per cent, set on Jan. 17.

Even before the market gyrations and weak jobs data, Porter said "we were of the view that the bank would wait until the second half of the year before hiking again - these developments only embolden that view. At the very least, we can dismiss any chance the bank hikes in March, and April is now looking more like a long shot as well."

Muddying the outlook for the economy and job creation is the still-unfolding crisis in stock markets - in Canada, the United States and elsewhere.

WHAT MARKET EXPERTS ARE SAYING:

David Dietze, chief strategist at Point View Wealth in New Jersey: "You've got a lot of mechanical, computer-driven traders, and they're looking at various points. And when those points are hit, they're out of there.

"I just don't think that humans can rationally change their opinion that quickly from down 100 to up 100," he added. "People who don't want to think for themselves, who want to mechanically just kind of ... follow markets and make snap decisions - ultimately, I don't think that's going to be a great investment strategy."

Yana Barton, portfolio manager at Eaton Vance Investment Manager in Boston: "The obvious takeaway is that volatility is back and I think the market and investors are just adjusting for a new paradigm, and perhaps one that can find an equilibrium where prices of the underlying equities go up while inflation and interest rates do as well."

Barton added that "the fundamental story hasn't changed; earnings continue to come through very aggressively on the upside."

Paul Nolte, senior vice-president at Kingsview Asset Management in Chicago: "We've had our correction, the economic data is still OK, and the earnings for a lot of the companies are doing well, and the (U.S.) tax benefit we'll see later on this year will also boost up earnings.

"So, when we look at it as a whole, I think this is not a bad opportunity to take a look at portfolios - maybe improve the quality (of the stocks) and pick up some of the very good names that have come down here recently.

"I think we're still in a good next phase for the markets over the next couple of months."

COMING THIS WEEK ...

Thursday: Bank of Canada deputy governor Lawrence Schembri will deliver a speech to the Manitoba Association for Business Economics in Winnipeg. Topic still to be announced.

Friday: Statistics Canada releases the December tally on the country's manufacturing sector.

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Business Week: Stock market collapse muddies outlook for economy

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Financial markets have faced their first big sell-off scare of the year, but investors might have to endure a few more stock shocks in the coming days, weeks - or perhaps even through 2018. Such is the nature of the beast.

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This is a image that depicts an example of a stock market crash, spx (in image) is showing a drastic drop in its overall value and you could imagine the aftermath.

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This image depicts the hard times of the Canadian stock market and the "legendary" black Tuesday which lead to the hard collapse of the stock market.

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This depicts the Canadian stock market in its "glory days" and how those days are slowly coming to an end, this is a prediction of the future of the economy.

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The guy in his video talks about the stock market in a pretty easy and simple way, He talks about the ups and the downs and how investments are really good or bad, this video takes a look at why the stock markets collapse isn't as big as a problem as most people see it as. Stephen looks at short term fluctuation in price as an everyday thing which has little to no impact on your long term investment.

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Why you shouldn't care if the Stock Market Crashes in 2018

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This video, narrated by a rather smart man, talks about how the stock market is and was. he looks at some triggers for the actually stock markets collapse and shows some insight on growth within the market and what key factors are being played(IE. Fang and SandP). He also talks about the past economy and about all the economic booms were actual downfalls with SandP.

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Why the Stock Market Will Crash by a MINIMUM of 50%! Some Stocks Will Drop to 0

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This video discusses more of the current state of the stock market in Canada and compares it statistically to itself in previous years, the stock market is heating up in Canada and its shown because Canadian stocks are trading at their lowest since October. They also talk about the oil and gas industry and their impact that they could have on the economy but they have been shown to have fallen 6% in total this year and could be a large factor.

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The Canadian Stock Market Will Crash! - This Is Why

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Hi, my names Michael and I will be showing you and providing insight on the stock markets collapse, We will look at the possibility of stock markets collapse and the effects it would have on the econmy as a whole.