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If we've learned anything as investors, it's that market sentiment can shift at the drop of a dime.
After shrugging off the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) for months in China, Wall Street came to the realization in mid-February that this was an illness that had serious health and economic implications in our own backyard. Subsequently, we witnessed the S&P 500 log 10 if its 13-biggest single-day point declines (along with its seven-largest single-session point gains) in a span of 24 sessions, beginning Feb. 24, 2020. We also watched in awe as the broad-based index shed over a third of its value in less than five weeks.
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