Margin calls and force-selling causing free fall of index


Wong: Pandemics come and go. Markets eventually move past them and carry on.

IT’S been four weeks of pandemonium in the market.

Just a month ago, markets across the globe, particularly the Dow Jones and the S&P 500 were at all-time highs.

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