‘Sell first, ask questions later’: Stocks suffer biggest plunge in 4 months as coronavirus spreads

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‘Sell first, ask questions later’: Stocks tumble around the world as coronavirus spreads

Stocks slumped and bonds rallied as concern over the impact of a deadly virus that originated in China rattled global markets.

The flight to safety, which comes ahead of this week’s Federal Reserve meeting, saw volumes in Treasury futures jump to double their regular levels in Asia. The yield on 10-year U.S. bonds dropped to the lowest since October. Similar-maturity German securities extended their advance to the longest in almost six months. The Swiss franc, the Japanese yen and gold paced gains in haven assets. Oil slipped to a more than three-month low. Base metals and bulk commodities also got hurt.

“This is now a sell first, ask questions later situation,” said Alec Young, managing director of global markets research at FTSE Russell. “Markets hate uncertainty, and the coronavirus is the ultimate uncertainty — no one knows how badly it will impact the global economy. China is the biggest driver of global growth, so this couldn’t have started in a worse place.”

 

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Do it. Dump you fools. Give others in the market a nice discount. Worse than 6 year olds scared of the dark.

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