Trick or treat: The spookiest market events of the year

What moments have freaked investors out the most?

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Dan Kemp, chief investment officer, EMEA at Morningstar Investment Management Europe, examines the biggest surprises of 2019 so far and what may lie ahead.

Dan Kemp, chief investment officer, EMEA at Morningstar Investment Management Europe, examines the biggest surprises of 2019 so far and what may lie ahead. Goosebumps run across your skin, a bead of cold sweat runs down the back of your neck, and your mind races. This is not the opening scene of a Halloween movie, but rather the experience of many investors as they wrestle with their emotions in the tense market conditions of 2019. Controlling these emotions is at the heart of successful investing. But as horror movie buffs know, surprise is normally a trigger and therefore, prepar...

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