This was a correction, not a collapse

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John Walbaum asks if we have forgotten the realities of equity markets and questions whether recent market falls are part of a longer-term collapse.

The equity markets endured some sharp falls last week. Last Monday, the US stock market closed down 4.6%, while falls of a similar magnitude in Japan and Hong Kong were seen overnight into Tuesday....

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