The drop is a result of the rising volatility and uncertainty in the global economy.
In general, there will be extreme volatility and uncertainty in most asset classes across the board.
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Recent market volatility and uncertainty about the prospects of the dollar have pushed commodities to center stage.
They are beginning to act and make choices but they fear the ongoing volatility and uncertainty that may lie ahead.
Mr Sarbib pointed out that the immediate economic impact of wars was rarely positive, disrupting institutions, networks and infrastructure, and increasing volatility and uncertainty.
As we emerge from a period marked by extreme volatility and uncertainty, I can sympathize with those that want to do that same thing with their hard-earned savings.
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"The volatility and uncertainty in world financial markets and the repaid deterioration in global economic conditions made a 2008 a very challenging year for the banking industry in general, " the bank said.
This is especially disappointing to investors who see the technology and semiconductor sectors as safe from the housing and credit turmoil that have hurt other sectors and caused volatility and uncertainty throughout the summer.
While this can make for a high dividend yield, it also introduces some volatility and uncertainty into the level of payments from year to year huge dividend payouts are common when a REIT turns large profits, versus smaller payouts or even periods of no dividends in times of losses.
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Smaller-cap stocks will be hurt more by stock market volatility and economic uncertainty.
Market volatility and economic uncertainty are causing individual investors to stay defensive.
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The ongoing market volatility and economic uncertainty has unnerved individual investors.
While market volatility and economic uncertainty continue to shape investor sentiment, a number of investors viewed the recent stock market weakness as an opportunity to purchase beaten-down stocks.
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Compounding investors' distress, owing to the degree of market volatility and economic uncertainty, Microsoft refused to provide an earnings forecast for its fiscal year, which ends on June 30.
Stock-market volatility and increased economic uncertainty took its toll on respondents across many districts, the Fed reported.
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Since the downturn of 2008, CMOs have had to adapt to extreme market volatility, pervasive customer uncertainty and ongoing cost-cutting.
In today's climate of volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity (the "VUCA world" that the futurist Bob Johansen explores in Leaders Make the Future), they matter even more.
There he had been schooled in the concept of VUCA: volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity.
Talks of exiting the euro would also lead to uncertainty and increased volatility.
The European meat grinder continues to churn out uncertainty, volatility, and falling equities.
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The kind of uncertainty and market volatility we saw in 2008 is scary for even those with the most iron-lined of stomachs.
The gold-and-Treasuries barbell trade reflects the wide uncertainty in the future value of the dollar and the increasing volatility of inflation.
This would create significant uncertainty and cause a spike in volatility.
The year-old paper said the volatility in projecting North Sea oil revenues created financial uncertainty and, although an oil fund - which the Scottish government has said it wants to set up after independence - could increase stability, it might mean spending cuts.
Debt Celling Negotiations The longer, the negotiations stretch, the higher the uncertainty among traders, and the higher the market volatility.
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Many investors perceive the current market volatility and high correlations to be an enormous negative sign creating fear and uncertainty.
Barclays said on July 5 that it attributed this allocation decision to the heightened uncertainty in the euro area and the potential for volatility in currency markets, limiting the upside potential in local currency bonds as they lose value compared to the dollar.
The price of unusual uncertainty is almost sure to be an unusual level of whipsawing volatility, and at a time when investor sentiment is at a high level of complacency.
This uncertainty has translated into market performance with direct impacts on portfolio returns and more prominently in portfolio volatility.
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