Stocks sink, bonds rise on fears virus will stunt economy
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Stocks slumped and bond prices soared for the second day in a row as fears spread that the widening virus outbreak will put the brakes on the global economy. The losses came a day after the
market’s biggest drop in two years. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 879 points, or 3.2 percent, to 27,081. The more broad-based Standard & Poor’s 500 stock index fell 98 points, or
3 percent, to 3,128. The tech-heavy Nasdaq lost 256 points, or 2.8 percent, plunging to 8,966. Monday’s sell-off sent the Dow more than 1,000 points lower and wiped out its gains for the
year. The S&P 500 is now down 7.7 percent from its record high set last Wednesday, and is also in the red for 2020. As alarming as the losses are, they are not close to being a bear
market, which is traditionally defined as a 20 percent decline from its high. Nor do the losses come to the level of a correction, which is a drop of 10 to 20 percent. A rally in bond prices
also cushioned the blow for many investors. The yield on the 10-year Treasury dropped to a record low of 1.33 percent Tuesday. Bond prices rise when bond yields fall, so investors who also
owned bonds or bond mutual funds had a small measure of comfort in today’s stock rout. The latest wave of selling came as more companies, including United Airlines and Mastercard, warned
that the outbreak will hurt their finances, and more cases were reported in Europe and the Middle East, far outside the epicenter in China. Meanwhile, U.S. health officials called on
Americans to be prepared for the disease to spread in the United States. “It’s not so much a question of if this will happen anymore, but rather more a question of exactly when this will
happen — and how many people in this country will have severe illness,” Nancy Messonnier, M.D., of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said in a call with reporters. The
worst-case scenario for investors hasn’t changed in the last few weeks — where the virus spreads around the world and cripples supply chains and the global economy — but the probability of
it happening has risen, said Yung-Yu Ma, chief investment strategist at BMO Wealth Management.
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