Your Saturday Briefing: A Bad Week for Wall Street
Something for the weekend
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What a week it’s been. Battered by central bankers hellbent on tightening monetary policy, Wall Street may be nearing a tipping point with the S&P 500 down nearly 5% over the past five days, the dollar at a two-decade high and Treasury yields leaping to levels seen more than a decade ago. It’s no wonder investment managers are throwing out their long-held playbooks and bearish traders are flocking to protection at a record pace.