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‘Algo-driven fire sale,’ China slowdown are 2019’s top risks, says Torsten Slok
When stocks fall for no reason, it’s time to get suspicious, says Slok
Stock markets’ nearly 20% tumble since October can at least partially be blamed on the rise of algorithmic trading and passive risk-parity investment funds, Deustche Bank Securites Chief Economist Torsten Sløk told MarketWatch. In a research note published Friday, Sløk named “30 risks to markets in 2019,” with “algo-driven, risk parity-driven fire sale in equities topping the list.
