Market Segments and Stock Market

stock market: Worries about a slowdown in global growth started slamming the stock market after it set record highs in September. Some market segments have been stumbling since earlier this year. The Standard Poors 500-stock index is 7.4 percent below its September all-time high and up 0.8 percent for the year as of Oct. 15. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.