From a pure economic perspective ---- this will get your attention ! Markets have never unraveled as quickly as they did in the past month. Stocks are falling faster than they did during the financial crisis, the crash of 1987 or the Great Depression. Investors are retreating from corporate bonds at the swiftest pace ever. An index of raw materials is at all-time lows. And funding shortages around the world have fueled a race for dollars, powering the U.S. currency to a nearly 18-year high. source: WSJ news drop