John Authers, Columnist

Selloff’s Cruel Summer Is More Like 1998 Than 2007

But much will come down to whether appetite exists for a Fed Put. Is anyone too big to fail on the brink?

August 6, 2024 at 5:10 AM UTC

John Authers is a senior editor for markets and Bloomberg Opinion columnist. A former chief markets commentator at the Financial Times, he is author of “The Fearful Rise of Markets.”

Summer slump.
Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg

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We are in the midst of a major market selloff. There’s much to be said about it. For some highlights of Bloomberg’s coverage, read Jonathan Levin on the significance of Warren Buffett raising cash, Matt Levine on good trades going bad, Jess Menton on the technical barriers facing the market, and John Stepek on the genesis of the problems or listen to my appearance on the Bloomberg Big Take podcast with David Gura. For now, Points of Return will try to answer some questions.