This week started with a strong reaction on the stock market, but Maria Bartiromo warns against knee-jerk reactions to market selloff. Knee-jerk is an immediate unthinking emotional reaction produced by an event or statement to which the reacting person is highly sensitive; it`s origin is thus: from the tendency of the knee to jerk involuntarily when hit sharply, properly called the patellar reflex.
Apple can plunge because of the virus disaster in China, but not all the American blue chips are like Apple. Check your portfolio and find out what exposure your companies have. You don`t have to sell all your stock today, Maria said live on Fox on Monday.