Concerned about excess market volatility, the Securities and Exchange Commission has loosened some trading regulations, including allowing companies to buy back more of their own shares than usual.

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Despite the epic volatility of the stock market last year, settlements in class-action securities cases actually fell more than 50% to the lowest levels since 2003.

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Investing in Treasury securities may offer lower returns than the stock market but they offer a safe haven during times of market volatility.

BBC: Greenspan plays it safe

Investors want to minimize volatility and to maximize certainty, and the prices that the market assigns to various securities incorporate the consistency with which the underlying company can be counted on to perform well.

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One of the mysteries of securities litigation, to me anyway, is how corporate fraud artists manage to time their activities in synch with broader market volatility.

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