NEW YORK — Just how turbulent is the stock market? More than half a trillion dollars in paper gains were made and lost within just two weeks in September. The S&P 500 jumped 5 percent in the week ending on Sept. 16, the second best week this year. The next week it plunged 6 percent, the second worst week this year.
Wild stock market ride is driving people out of stocks
Sunday, October 2, 2011 | 3:48 p.m. CDT
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