{"id":7943,"date":"2020-02-28T14:27:32","date_gmt":"2020-02-28T18:27:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=7943"},"modified":"2020-02-28T14:27:32","modified_gmt":"2020-02-28T18:27:32","slug":"final-collapse-of-the-global-economic-financial-system-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=7943","title":{"rendered":"Final Collapse of the Global Economic &#038; Financial System Begins"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>$5 Trillion Wiped Out From World Stocks Amid Fastest Collapse In History<\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n<p>MSCI World Stocks collapsed from a record high into &#8216;correction&#8217; in just five days.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2020-02-28_4-18-24.jpg?itok=FACh8dJz\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2020-02-28_4-18-24.jpg?itok=FACh8dJz\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/2020-02-28_4-18-24.jpg?itok=jo6OcnSd 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1280px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/2020-02-28_4-18-24.jpg?itok=jo6OcnSd 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 480px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/2020-02-28_4-18-24.jpg?itok=jo6OcnSd 1x, https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/2020-02-28_4-18-24.jpg?itok=jo6OcnSd 2x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1024px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/2020-02-28_4-18-24.jpg?itok=jo6OcnSd 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/2020-02-28_4-18-24.jpg?itok=FACh8dJz 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/2020-02-28_4-18-24.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"177\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"81ce3ed3-4c0f-4935-b453-e67f13d78971\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The plunge in global equities has wiped out more than $5 trillion in value, or equivalent to nearly Japan&#8217;s annual GDP.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/bfmED3A_0.jpg?itok=zGPfIK-l\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/bfmED3A_0.jpg?itok=zGPfIK-l\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/bfmED3A_0.jpg?itok=WRuPw_g5 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1280px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/bfmED3A_0.jpg?itok=WRuPw_g5 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 480px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/bfmED3A_0.jpg?itok=WRuPw_g5 1x, https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/bfmED3A_0.jpg?itok=WRuPw_g5 2x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1024px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/bfmED3A_0.jpg?itok=WRuPw_g5 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/bfmED3A_0.jpg?itok=zGPfIK-l 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/bfmED3A_0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"249\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"645fd631-6693-47a3-88f1-766b614d63fb\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On Thursday afternoon, Guggenheim&#8217;s Scott Minerd said,<strong><em>\u00a0&#8220;this is possibly the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/markets\/worst-thing-my-career-us-stocks-suffer-fastest-collapse-record-highs-great-depression\">worst thing I have seen in my career<\/a>&#8230; it&#8217;s hard to imagine a scenario in which you can contain the virus threat,&#8221;<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0adding that &#8220;Europe and China are probably already in recession and US GDP will take a 1.5-2.0% hit.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Guggenheim&#39;s Scott Minerd says the coronavirus crisis is possibly the worst thing he&#39;s ever seen in his career: &quot;This has the potential to reel into something extremely serious&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xLhhNm3u7t\">pic.twitter.com\/xLhhNm3u7t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bloomberg TV (@BloombergTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BloombergTV\/status\/1233113560265478144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 27, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>MSCI ACWI is a market capitalization-weighted index with broad equity market exposure across the world, plunged 10% in the last five days, its biggest drop since August 2011&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/bfm942D.jpg?itok=8F1o8iAk\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/bfm942D.jpg?itok=8F1o8iAk\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/bfm942D.jpg?itok=o_dsA_Tz 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1280px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/bfm942D.jpg?itok=o_dsA_Tz 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 480px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/bfm942D.jpg?itok=o_dsA_Tz 1x, https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/bfm942D.jpg?itok=o_dsA_Tz 2x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1024px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/bfm942D.jpg?itok=o_dsA_Tz 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/bfm942D.jpg?itok=8F1o8iAk 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/bfm942D.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"249\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"e718f3eb-40cf-411d-83d0-984939d9fff6\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Dow Jones just saw its fastest collapse from an all-time peak since 1928, just ahead of The Great Depression.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/bfmB907_1_0.jpg?itok=C11HcFJm\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/bfmB907_1_0.jpg?itok=C11HcFJm\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/bfmB907_1_0.jpg?itok=8DxInGWa 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1280px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/bfmB907_1_0.jpg?itok=8DxInGWa 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 480px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/bfmB907_1_0.jpg?itok=8DxInGWa 1x, https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/bfmB907_1_0.jpg?itok=8DxInGWa 2x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1024px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/bfmB907_1_0.jpg?itok=8DxInGWa 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/bfmB907_1_0.jpg?itok=C11HcFJm 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/bfmB907_1_0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"260\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"acabb2d3-a630-4fe1-aab9-6c8799b3762e\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And the S&amp;P 500 suffered its\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/markets\/we-just-experienced-fastest-10-correction-sp500-history\"><strong>fastest peak-to-correction plunge ever<\/strong><\/a>&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad__wrapper-element\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2020-02-28_4-02-49.jpg?itok=E97EKvFJ\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2020-02-28_4-02-49.jpg?itok=E97EKvFJ\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/2020-02-28_4-02-49.jpg?itok=RyKv3TyQ 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1280px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/2020-02-28_4-02-49.jpg?itok=RyKv3TyQ 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 480px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/2020-02-28_4-02-49.jpg?itok=RyKv3TyQ 1x, https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/2020-02-28_4-02-49.jpg?itok=RyKv3TyQ 2x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1024px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/2020-02-28_4-02-49.jpg?itok=RyKv3TyQ 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/2020-02-28_4-02-49.jpg?itok=E97EKvFJ 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/2020-02-28_4-02-49.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"358\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"bfdb2db6-0c23-4c8f-babf-8f0a4627104a\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Perhaps record high valuations are unsustainable after all&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/bfmF60C.jpg?itok=kYj9iUWE\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/bfmF60C.jpg?itok=kYj9iUWE\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/bfmF60C.jpg?itok=AabRMH61 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1280px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/bfmF60C.jpg?itok=AabRMH61 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 480px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/bfmF60C.jpg?itok=AabRMH61 1x, https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/bfmF60C.jpg?itok=AabRMH61 2x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1024px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/bfmF60C.jpg?itok=AabRMH61 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/bfmF60C.jpg?itok=kYj9iUWE 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/bfmF60C.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"248\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"e01776da-9c12-4f3f-a10c-2a6cee606335\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As for the Federal Reserve\u2019s \u2018Not QE\u2019 last-ditch effort to prop the stock market up last fall, all equity gains have been erased.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad__wrapper-element\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2020-02-28.jpg?itok=5Fil0C_C\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2020-02-28.jpg?itok=5Fil0C_C\" data-link-option=\"0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/2020-02-28.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"259\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"877caf1f-7d01-4c33-86f7-5d469751275b\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As we noted yesterday, the worsening global threat from the virus prompted Goldman Sachs to revise its earnings growth story for 2020:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/economics\/goldman-now-expects-zero-earnings-growth-2020\">US companies will generate no earnings growth in 2020<\/a>. We have updated our earnings model to incorporate the likelihood that the virus becomes widespread.\u00a0<strong>Our revised baseline EPS estimates are $165 in 2020 (previously $174) and $175 in 2021 (previously $183), representing 0% and 6% growth.<\/strong> Our reduced forecasts reflect the severe decline in Chinese economic activity in 1Q, lower end-demand for US exporters, supply chain disruption, a slowdown in US economic activity, and elevated uncertainty. Consensus forecasts imply EPS will climb 7% in 2020 and 11% in 2021.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The drop in stocks shouldn&#8217;t be a total surprised given the plunge in EPS expectations&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/bfm17CE_0.jpg?itok=EOKVxaXu\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/bfm17CE_0.jpg?itok=EOKVxaXu\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/bfm17CE_0.jpg?itok=s2py6VEH 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1280px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/bfm17CE_0.jpg?itok=s2py6VEH 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 480px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/bfm17CE_0.jpg?itok=s2py6VEH 1x, https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/bfm17CE_0.jpg?itok=s2py6VEH 2x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1024px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/bfm17CE_0.jpg?itok=s2py6VEH 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/bfm17CE_0.jpg?itok=EOKVxaXu 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/bfm17CE_0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"258\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"4057f60e-28ac-4ff0-98a9-8d3ae49443b0\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But we give the last word to<a href=\"https:\/\/northmantrader.com\/2020\/02\/27\/market-carnage\/\">\u00a0NorthmanTrader.com&#8217;s Sven Henrich<\/a>, who highlights the real tragedy in all this&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8230;the real message will likely get lost in all this. Most likely<strong>\u00a0the popular narrative will be to blame the coronavirus as the unforeseen event, nobody could have seen this coming,<\/strong>\u00a0this was not something anyone could have prepared for.<\/p>\n<p><strong>While that\u2019s true on the surface it completely misses the larger point<\/strong>: The Fed, with it liquidity operations masked all the underlying issues in the markets over the past year. We had no earnings growth in 2019, we had multiple expansion.\u00a0<strong>The bond market never confirmed the reflation trade, Gold had been rallying for months signaling something was amiss.<\/strong>\u00a0And now the Fed left itself vulnerable to not being able to deal with a real crisis and basically openly invited people to TINA chase stocks into high valuations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Fed gave no warning to investors, instead it cheerlead investors\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/northmantrader.com\/2020\/02\/07\/the-bull-cliff\/\">off the cliff.<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0Even last week Fed officials defended valuations and saw nothing wrong with anything adding to the atmosphere of complacency.<\/p>\n<p><strong>And now everyone will blame the virus,<\/strong>\u00a0but not the reckless chase into stocks into historic valuations to begin with.<\/p>\n<p>Which is unfortunate,\u00a0<strong>because that\u2019s the real lesson, a lesson that was already learned the hard way in 2000, but many participants are now at risk of learning again<\/strong>&#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Global investors aren&#8217;t waiting for economic data to hit to see how bad things have gotten since the virus has sent China into economic paralysis.\u00a0<strong>They are selling first and asking questions later.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/markets\/5-trillion-wiped-out-world-stocks-set-worst-weekly-slump-2008\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/markets\/5-trillion-wiped-out-world-stocks-set-worst-weekly-slump-2008<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>$5 Trillion Wiped Out From World Stocks Amid Fastest Collapse In History<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7943"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7943\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}