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October Markets

This week the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped by more than 400 points in just a few hours, before recovering and ending the week with a gain. Yet other October market surprises - the Crash of 1929, the skidding stock markets of 1987 - made us wonder if there's something about October that just rattles investors. Host Lisa Simeone puts the question to David Hale, Chief Economist of Zurich.

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