September finished on a miserable note for stocks with a loss of 9.3%, which makes it the worst monthly decline since March 2020.The benchmark index has lost ground for six of the last seven weeks and posted its third straight losing quarter.
Nike fell sharply after the company had to slash prices to clear inventories, while Carnival dropped following weaker-than-expected quarterly results.The root cause of markets struggling is fear, as people worry about a possible recession and interest rates soaring in hopes of beating down the high inflation that's swept the world.
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