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Gee....I wonder why the NYSE (Original Post) 49jim Jan 2020 OP
"Coronavirus selloff" dchill Jan 2020 #1
WTF IcyPeas Jan 2020 #3
Um... it is what it is? dchill Jan 2020 #4
A sell-off due to uncertainty over the coronavirus? 11 Bravo Jan 2020 #5
the fear that the coronavirus is going to kill all the China money from crap we buy there. TeamPooka Jan 2020 #6
The answer is lurking somewhere. I am positive of that. rzemanfl Jan 2020 #2
Coronavirus. Consumer goods are all KPN Jan 2020 #7

11 Bravo

(23,926 posts)
5. A sell-off due to uncertainty over the coronavirus?
Fri Jan 31, 2020, 03:59 PM
Jan 2020

Doesn't seem particularly hard to comprehend.

TeamPooka

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6. the fear that the coronavirus is going to kill all the China money from crap we buy there.
Fri Jan 31, 2020, 04:00 PM
Jan 2020

If China is sealed off in quarantine the WalMarts will be empty.
Although I would think some of the drop is fear of domestic unrest also

KPN

(15,646 posts)
7. Coronavirus. Consumer goods are all
Fri Jan 31, 2020, 04:06 PM
Jan 2020

pretty much made in China. If transportation in and out of China is disrupted, which air travel already is, it will affect pretty much everything.

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