Are Stock Markets About To Crash Again?

Late last year, a cross-section of pundits predicted that 2020 would go down as one of the most volatile years in the history of financial markets mainly due to escalating trade wars. Turns out they were half-right. The current year really has been one of the most volatile on record not due to the feared trade tensions but a much deadlier foe: Covid-19. The global pandemic was directly responsible for the epic market crash back in March--the fastest in history--and it could be about to do the markets in, again. After a brief rebound on optimism…