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Market action today is about positioning and portfolio adjustments for 2019.

Which way the market will go is anyone's guess.

But extreme short-term volatility will produce extreme long-term loss of public trust.

Market cap focused investors might need to set their sights on some smaller names. Real Money's Kevin Curran interviews George Young, portfolio manager of the $295.3 million Villere Balanced Fund.

The utility stocks in the sector serve as a traditionally safe investment, buoyed by revenue from dividends, and has actually shown growth in recent months while oil has tanked.

And how to position your portfolio to minimize the impact.

The Fed now appears to me, to be if not in the 'policy error' zone than very close to it. Perhaps the Treasury Secretary sees this as well.

Knowing the bid and the ask on a stock or fund trade can help you understand how securities are traded, and at the best possible price.

The Teacher Retirement System of Texas lost 0.6% during the third quarter on its $14 billion holdings of stocks from countries like China, Brazil, Russia and Turkey. Such declines helped to cap the fund's overall return to 2.2% -- well below the average for U.S. institutional investment plans.

Index funds and ETFs are similar in a lot of ways. Here's how to tell them apart, and figure out which one you need.