Pandemic leads to six months of global market mayhem

LONDON (Reuters) - Probably the best thing to say about world financial markets so far this year is simply that it has been quite a ride. If somehow you missed the coronavirus slamming the global economy like a wrecking ball, current market levels certainly do not reveal the wild swings that unprecedented events unleashed.Sure, world stocks are down nearly 9% for their worst start to a year in a decade, some big emerging market currencies are down over 15% and super low-risk U.S. government..