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Why market liquidity is a concern

by Interactive Brokers Traders Insight|Published March 13, 2020

Steve Sosnick, Interactive Brokers’ chief strategist, discusses liquidity concerns in the current market.

Given the recent activity, risk management tools are something most investors are looking at more than usual.

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Interactive Brokers Traders Insight
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Interactive Brokers Traders’ Insight (IBTI) is a venue for market-related articles and commentary covering an array of asset classes and topics. All articles published on Traders’ Insight are simultaneously published directly to our trading platform (TWS).
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