Over the past 35 years these indices have only recorded three or more negative quarters on two other occasions - the Great Financial Crash and the dotcom bust of 2000/2001. And for the S&P500, you have to go all the way back to 1984 for another losing streak of that length.
With financial markets under growing stress - and central banks in Japan, Britain and China intervening variously in currency and bond markets to suppress mounting volatility - investors will look to the final quarter for some signs of credit squeeze easing. Full @
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