Global Markets Hit by Fears of Growth Slowdown

(New York/Amsterdam/Turkey) -- Fear is back in the market. Investors are worried about slower economic growth in China, a gloomier outlook for U.S. corporate profits and an end to easy-money policies in the United States and Europe. They’re also fretting over country-specific troubles around the world -- from economic mismanagement in Argentina to political instability in Turkey. Those fears converged this week to start a two-day rout in global markets that was capped by a 318-point drop in th...