Stock market In August, the US stock market stumbled to the finish line with a four-day selloff. For the month, Wall Street’s major indexes performed as follows: The Dow -3.9% S&P 500 -4.2% Nasdaq -4.6% Year-to-date (as of the conclusion of August 31st), the stock market’s benchmark indexes have performed as follows: The Dow -13.29% S&P 500 -17.02% The Nasdaq -24.47% The best and worst-performing stocks in August Despite a mid-month rally, the stock market lost ground by the end of August, with the S&P 500 posting negative 4.2% growth. For the month, these were the top 5 best-performing […]