Making Sense of Stocks’ Rude Awakening to Virus Scare

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Look below the surface of the S&P 500 and the market mostly reflected investor concerns, writes jmackin2

Did stocks tank on Monday because they were finally noticing danger signs that the bond market has been screaming about for weeks? Or did equities just react in a reasonable way to the rapid spread of Covid-19 in South Korea and Italy over the weekend?

The answer matters because overexuberant shares tend to fall further and faster than they otherwise would. That means the virus-induced stock selloff could turn into a nasty recoupling if there was an irrational divergence between bonds and the stock market.

 

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jmackin2 It was a reasonable response, but to information about impacts to supply chains that was available nearly a month ago.

jmackin2 Some people are filth

jmackin2 I enjoyed this story. But would point out something I see as important: Outperformance of defensive, pre-recession, 'boring' assets isn't new. It's been in place since Q1 2018- long before anyone heard of this virus. There's a message in that: We're very late in the cycle. See👇

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