Here's what to know about so-called “circuit breakers" and when they're used to halt trading on stock markets.

The last circuit breaker occurred during the height of the Covid pandemic in March 2020, but here's what you need to know in case the next few months play out the way the last week has.

The US stock market was down on Thursday(Bloomberg) As almost all major stocks plummeted, several investors wondered if a circuit breaker would be placed on the Nasdaq. A circuit breaker is ...

So-called “circuit breakers” are actions taken by exchanges in order to “prevent large, sudden price moves,” according to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). As markets ...