#stock-market-volatility

#stock-market-volatility

With all the chatter and commentary about the internet (or dot-com) bubble burst and even the great stock market crash of 1929, it's quite an unsettling time to be an investor in the markets, as the S&P nears new highs after a 2.3% gain for the month of October. For the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100, it was an even brighter month, with the index nearly rising 5% in a month.

The world's 10 richest people lost nearly $70 billion on Friday as fresh fears of a global trade war rattled markets. The value of their stock holdings tumbled after President Donald Trump said the US would impose an additional 100% tariff on imports from China from November 1, and restrict its access to "any and all critical software," after China tightened export controls on rare earth elements and other key materials for advanced tech manufacturing.