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Investors still book, because they can’t think of better options
Even the worst markets are said to have a paradise. Some unpopular investors are wondering if this doesn’t.
S&P 500 going down 16%, the worst start to a year since 1970, according to Dow Jones Market Data. But assets of all kinds also declined. Gold, often considered paradise, has plunged into the red. Bonds are usually another haven, but this year they falling along with shares, a unusual parallelism that reflects investor uncertainty.