On Monday, August 5, global financial markets were deeply rattled, in a day that was almost as drastic as the one in 1987, in terms of stock market crashes: the NASDAQ 100 index lost 6.45% and the S&P 500 fell 12.4%. On the same day, the VIX index, also known as the “smeal index” on … Continuă lectura From Tokyo to Wall Street: Stock market turbulence with a butterfly effect?