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Global Markets: Bloodbath & Emotions
By InvestingNook  •  October 17, 2014
Excitement would be the best word to describe the last few days. Each morning, I wake up to see a sea of red on my Bloomberg app. No, I am not losing my mind if thats what some of you are wondering. 

Why?

Fears of a worldwide economic slowdown based on disappointing manufacturing surveys from China, Germany, UK and US have been driving market sentiments down. Adding to these troubles are geopolitical worries – consequences from the protests in Hong Kong, the air strikes on Isis and the news of a diagnosed Ebola case in the US. When everyone was thinking that Greece was on the mend, we see bond yields crossing an important line, nearing 9% when it was just approximately 6.6% a week ago. Essentially, investors are just dumping shares and other risky assets, clamouring into safe havens like gold and government bonds.

Emotions:

Allow me to start ......
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As Co-Founder and Fund Manager of Heritage Global Capital Fund, we started InvestingNook as a website dedicated to sharing the knowledge of value investing – allowing our readers achieve an edge over the markets with the knowledge of value investing.
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