Anonymous ID: 6ca948 Jan. 29, 2021, 12:52 a.m. No.12753129   🗄️.is 🔗kun

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Mornin' – This may be incidental/unrelated, but:

 

‘Red October’ was an historic month for shell-shocked investors — on all kinds of levels

The typical 60/40 portfolio lost 5.3%, the worst monthly return since 2009

 

Author of the article:Jamie McGeever, Reuters

Publishing date:Nov 05, 2018 • November 5, 2018 • 3 minute read

 

A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Friday, Oct. 26. PHOTO BY AP PHOTO/RICHARD DREW

 

LONDON — October was a bruising month for investors, caught on the wrong side of violent price swings across a wide range of markets. By many measures of position shifts, trading volume and fund performance, it was a historic month.

 

The question now is whether the shakeout has cleared the decks for investors to load up again on the bets they had been making – such as long stocks and short bonds – or whether the damage done is so severe that capital preservation for the remainder of the year is now paramount.

 

https://financialpost.com/investing/column-red-october-a-historic-month-for-shell-shocked-investors-mcgeever