Stockmarket

What financial advisers do when markets seem unmanageable.

The VIX is flashing a buy signal and there are increasing signs that the market is oversold — but oversold rallies can be short-lived.

The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite was on track to close in correction territory — defined as a drop of 10% from a recent high — on Tuesday.

For stocks, much depends on whether the past week marked a peak in yields or was merely a snapback after getting technically overstretched.