


At times like this, buyers can easily be overwhelmed by negative headlines on tariffs, etc.”Īdding to the jitters, China’s yuan continued to weaken, drawing closer to a closely watched support level. “While some investors who look at fundamentals buy stocks on dips, there are other players who keep selling automatically in response to heightened volatility. “The probability of global stocks turning to a bear market is increasing,” said Masanari Takada, cross-assets strategist at Nomura Securities. 11 and the second highest since the volatility shock of early February. The CBOE Global Markets volatility index, known as Wall Street’s “fear gauge”, jumped to as much as 27.86 points, its highest since Oct.

Global investor sentiment remains shaky,” said Yasuo Sakuma, chief investment officer at Libra Investments in Tokyo. “At this point, nobody can say the equity market is bottoming out.
