Why markets plunge: The reasons for Wall Street's big fall
Editor's Insight: Five rational explanations for why the Dow fell more than 1100 points in a day.
Wed, 07 Feb 2018
In its search for the causes of Wall Street’s 1100-point-plus plunge on Monday (US time), a Wall Street Journal contributor recalled a story in Polish-born novelist Joseph Conrad’s 1912 memoir, A Personal Record.
“After a troop of Cossacks invaded the grounds of the home of Conrad’s wealthy