Stock Market Drops And Drops On Coronavirus Fears

A pedestrian walks past a board displaying the closing figure of the Nikkei Stock Average in Tokyo on Friday. All of the major indexes are now in what the markets call a correction, and stocks also were down in Asia and Europe.
A pedestrian walks past a board displaying the closing figure of the Nikkei Stock Average in Tokyo on Friday. All of the major indexes are now in what the markets call a correction, and stocks also were down in Asia and Europe.
A pedestrian walks past a board displaying the closing figure of the Nikkei Stock Average in Tokyo on Friday. All of the major indexes are now in what the markets call a correction, and stocks also were down in Asia and Europe.
A pedestrian walks past a board displaying the closing figure of the Nikkei Stock Average in Tokyo on Friday. All of the major indexes are now in what the markets call a correction, and stocks also were down in Asia and Europe.

Stock Market Drops And Drops On Coronavirus Fears

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The S&P 500 is having its worst week since the 2008 financial crisis due to fears about the spread of coronavirus and how that’s affecting businesses. 

GUEST: Brian Battle, director at Chicago-based Performance Trust Capital Partners