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Posted: 2024-08-06 07:50:16

It has been a wild couple of days on the Australian (and global) share market.

The huge falls on the ASX on Friday and Monday, as well as on Wall Street, may have made investors — and those with superannuation funds tied to the stock market — nervous.

But after the share market experienced its worst two days of trade since since 2020, the index closed higher on Tuesday.

So why is the ASX all over the place, what does it mean for investors and how will this continue to play out?

These are some of your most pressing questions answered by the ABC's chief business correspondent Ian Verrender, business reporter David Taylor and the rest of the business team.

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