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The Stock Market - How It Works and Why It Moves

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A 25-year index chart carries Jordan Reyes from the 2002 dip through 2009's low of about 750 up to 2025, and the same percent-change formula that sizes a single stock's jump from $50 to $58 measures how deep that 2009 crash really was.

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