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What’s behind Wednesday’s market selloff?

a financial storm sent stocks plunging to their biggest losses in eight months.

10/10/2018

PBS News Hour

What’s behind Wednesday’s market selloff?

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a financial storm sent stocks plunging to their biggest losses in eight months.

A financial storm sent stocks plunging to their biggest losses in eight months. The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 831 points. The Nasdaq fell 316 percent. Amna Nawaz talks about what may have prompted the selloff with Hugh Johnson, Chief Investment Officer at Hugh Johnson Advisors. Johnson says it’s a “severe correction.”

10/10/2018

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