It seems as if something fundamentally changed in 2018, beginning a multi-year period of volatility.
From a WashPost article about the period: "DEC. 4, 2018
Markets tumbled after Trump tweeted “I am a Tariff Man” and the Trump administration backed off earlier claims of a trade-war truce with China." (www.washingtonpost.c...et-crash-comparison/)
From a WashPost article about the period: "DEC. 4, 2018
Markets tumbled after Trump tweeted “I am a Tariff Man” and the Trump administration backed off earlier claims of a trade-war truce with China." (www.washingtonpost.c...et-crash-comparison/)