Original article by Michael Koziol
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 33 : 17-Oct-14

The US and European sharemarkets were heavily sold down on 16 October 2014. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed 173 points lower, after shedding 368 points early in the trading session. Sharemarket indices in countries such as Germany, France, Spain and Japan have officially entered correction mode, having shed more than 10 per cent, while Australia’s benchmark S&P/ASX 200 has fallen by more than eight per cent in recent weeks

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