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The stock market is down, but you don't need to be

Category: Business
Duration: 00:08:12
Publish Date: 2025-03-12 07:00:59
Description: Government cuts. Tariff uncertainty. Sticky interest rates. These are not helping the tumbling stock market. There's a sinking feeling among some Americans that a crash is imminent.

But ... should we all be so worried? Today, we brush away the cobwebs of stock market fear and confusion, and bring some long-held facts to the surface.

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