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FILE - In this April 16, 2015, file photo, an employee monitors prices at the tech-driven Nasdaq MarketSite in New York. From Silicon Valley to Shanghai, surging share prices for technology companies means the industry is making up an ever-larger chunk of stock funds. Tech companies have been able to produce strong profit growth for years, even when the global economy was scuffling, but the strong performance also raises worries that they’re overpriced. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Of Mutual Interest: Tech Taking Over Our Lives, And Our 401(k) Accounts

by Stan Choe AP Business WriterDecember 10, 2017

Monthly economic indicator: Trend in U.S. unemployment rate. Tribune News Service 2017

S&P 500 Returns To Record High On Jobs Report

by Stan Choe AP Business WriterDecember 10, 2017

FILE - In this Wednesday, May 3, 2017, file photo, specialist Anthony Rinaldi works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. For all the worries about when the stock market will finally crack, one of the biggest reasons for its rise keeps chugging along. Corporate profits continue to pile higher, and companies have been lining up in recent weeks to tell investors that they made more during the summer than Wall Street had forecast. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Surprise: Companies Are Making Bigger Profits Than Expected

by Stan Choe AP Business WriterNovember 12, 2017

This Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017, photo shows the Federal Reserve Building on Constitution Avenue in Washington. The Federal Reserve has begun the slow process of paring back its $4.5 trillion bond portfolio, and the stock market’s reaction has been barely a yawn. A lot is riding on whether markets can continue to remain calm. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

After the Fed’s Great Unwind Begins, the Stock Market Yawns

by Stan Choe AP Business WriterNovember 5, 2017

A man walks past an electronic stock board showing the Hang Seng Index at a bank in Hong Kong, Friday, Nov. 3, 2017. Asian stocks were drifting Friday in holiday-thinned trading as investors digested news about the Fed's next chief and a U.S. tax cut plan. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Tech Stocks Send S&P to Record

by Stan Choe AP Business WriterNovember 5, 2017

FILE - In this Oct. 19, 1987, file photo, traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. What if the stock market plunged 20 percent tomorrow? The question may seem absurd when the market is in the midst of one of its calmest runs in history and at record highs. But it's what investors had to deal with 30 years ago, when "Black Monday" blasted stocks on Oct. 19. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan, File)

Of Mutual Interest: Black Monday, 30 Years Later

by Stan Choe AP Business WriterOctober 22, 2017

FILE - This Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2016, file photo shows the New York Stock Exchange, in lower Manhattan. Earnings growth likely slowed sharply in the summer of 2017 and Wall Street is preparing for an underwhelming reporting season. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Here Comes Earnings Season: Brace for a Slowdown in Growth

by Stan Choe AP Business WriterOctober 15, 2017

FILE - This July 15, 2013, file photo, shows the New York Stock Exchange. U.S. stocks faded a bit from their record highs in early trading Friday, Oct. 6, 2017, and the Standard & Poor’s 500 index was on pace to snap its longest winning streak in four years. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Stocks Pull Back From Records; S&P 500 Slips

by Stan Choe AP Business WriterOctober 8, 2017

FILE - In this Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2016, file photo, a miniature reproduction of Arturo Di Modica's "Charging Bull" sculpture sits on display at a street vendor's table outside the New York Stock Exchange, in lower Manhattan. The good times kept rolling for investors in the third quarter of 2017. Funds of all types delivered yet more gains during the summer, after stocks and bonds around the world rose in unison. Not only were the returns strong, they were also remarkably steady. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Full Steam Ahead: Funds of All Types Rose Again Last Quarter

by Stan Choe By AP Business WriterOctober 1, 2017

FILE - In this Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017, file photo, traders work the floor at the New York Stock Exchange. The stock market is at a record, and no one seems to care. Investors are on pace to pull more money out of U.S. stock funds than they put in for a third straight year, and for the eighth time in the last decade. That hesitance to buy is actually an encouraging sign to many investors and has some Wall Street watchers saying stocks can avoid a downturn in the near term. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

As Stocks Set Highs, Investors Still Worry About Next Crash

by Stan Choe AP Business WriterSeptember 17, 2017