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Ask a Fool: When the Stock Market Closes on the Down Side, Why Do They Applaud?

By Jason Moser – Mar 19, 2014 at 12:21PM

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Ever wonder what the applause at the end of a trading day is for?

In this edition of The Motley Fool's "Ask a Fool" series, Motley Fool One analyst Jason Moser takes a question from a Fool reader, who asks, "When the stock market closes on the down side why do they applaud?"


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