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FILE - In this Aug. 25, 2011 file photo, an Apple employee walks between Apple buildings at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, Calif. Facebook and Apple, long known for cushy perks such as free meals, laundry service and massages, are among some of Silicon Valley's biggest companies. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File) (AP)

Why technology stocks are so volatile

Nicole Karlis
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg (Getty/Chip Somodevilla)

Facebook eats dirt and we like it. Why?

Max Cea
FILE - In this May 19, 2009 file photo, an office tower known as 1Chase Manhattan Plaza, occupied by JPMorgan Chase & Co., is shown in New York. JPMorgan Chase & Co. posted a 36 percent jump in second-quarter profit Thursday, July 16, easily surpassing Wall Street expectations as strength in its core consumer and investment banking businesses offset a jump in credit losses. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, file) (AP/Mark Lennihan)

Bullish on banks

Angelo Young
Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump (Reuters/Carlo Allegri/Brendan McDermid/Shutterstock/Salon)

Stock market says bet on Trump

Angelo Young

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A driver with the ride-sharing service Lyft waits for a customer on a street in Santa Monica, Calif., Oct. 17, 2013. (Reuters/Lucy Nicholson)

Fist-bumping while Rome burns

Andrew Leonard
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