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Stocks sell off: Did markets catch a cold, flu or worse?

Markets, like people, have good and bad days. They learn, they adapt, and sometimes they get sick- so says Brad Simpson, Chief Wealth Strategist at TD Wealth. When markets show extreme volatility, what does it say

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