U.S. stock markets suffered a bloody blow in early August after a 19-month bull run. The Wall Street rout started primarily due to two factors. First, a few key economic data for July, especially labor market data, came in significantly lower than expected. This raised concerns about a near-term recession in the U.S. economy.The second reason was the unwinding of “Yen carry-trade” after the Bank of Japan unexpectedly hiked the benchmark interest rate last week. Large institutional investors, especially hedg ...