Is stock market turmoil a signal to panic?

Markets have actually been on a long bull run and were sitting at high historical values

Traders

The stock markets have got off to a clunky start in 2016.

In the first week of the year the Chinese stock market was halted by an automatic mechanism twice - on the second occasion just 29 minutes after the opening bell after stocks plunged by seven per cent. The FTSE-100 has fallen more than six per cent so far and today hit a three-year low.

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