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Schwab Adds New Features to Its Trading Platforms to Help Clients Better Manage Market Volatility (Broadcast Newsroom)
Charles Schwab continues to improve its trading platforms for its active traders with upgrades to its StreetSmart Pro trading software and web-based trading platform, StreetSmart.com.

Schwab Adds New Features to Its Trading Platforms to Help Clients Better Manage Market Volatility (Centre Daily Times)
Charles Schwab continues to improve its trading platforms for its active traders with upgrades to its StreetSmart Pro trading software and web-based trading platform, StreetSmart.com. The firm's clients will now have real-time performance reporting for closed positions, new short-selling tools and more advanced options order types.

Volatility returns as options fear gauge surges (The Forex Market)
CHICAGO, Jan 7 (Reuters) - The Chicago Board Options Exchange Volatility Index surged on Wednesday, in a sign that sentiment has shifted as investors turned more cautious after a period of quiet trading that sent Wall Street's so-called fear gauge to three-month lows.

Four Intriguing Index Funds That Deserve Attention (Morningstar.com via Yahoo! Finance)
Big index funds get all the press, but these lesser-known funds are still worth a look.

U.S. stocks end sharply lower; worst day for Dow since Dec. 1 (MarketWatch via Yahoo! Finance)
Stocks thud lower, with the Dow dropping the most since Dec. 1, as investors confront more evidence of a deteriorating labor market and downbeat news from metals giant Alcoa Corp. and technology bellwether Intel Corp.

U.S. stocks fall on grim jobs data, with indexes down 3% (MarketWatch via Yahoo! Finance)
Stocks thud lower with major indexes down more than 3%, as investors confront more evidence of a deteriorating labor market and downbeat news from metals giant Alcoa Corp. and technology bellwether Intel Corp.

Stocks fall on grim jobs data, with indexes down more than 2% (MarketWatch via Yahoo! Finance)
Stocks decline sharply as another report points to a further deterioration of the labor market, and as metals giant Alcoa and technology bellwether Intel offer bad news of their own.

MARKET SNAPSHOT: U.S. Stocks End Sharply Lower; Worst Day For Dow Since Dec. 1 (Nasdaq)
Stocks thudded lower on Wednesday, with the Dow dropping the most since Dec. 1, as investors confronted more evidence of a deteriorating labor market and downbeat news from metals giant Alcoa Corp. and technology bellwether Intel Corp.

MARKET SNAPSHOT: U.S. Stocks Fall On Grim Jobs Data, With Indexes Down 3% (Nasdaq)
Stocks thudded lower Wednesday with major indexes down more than 3%, as investors confronted more evidence of a deteriorating labor market and downbeat news from metals giant Alcoa Corp. and technology bellwether Intel Corp.

MARKET SNAPSHOT: Stocks Fall On Grim Jobs Data, With Indexes Down More Than 2% (Nasdaq)
Stocks thudded lower Wednesday, with the major indexes down more than 2% in early afternoon action, as investors confronted more evidence of a deteriorating labor market and downbeat news from metals giant Alcoa Corp. and technology bellwether Intel Corp.