John Authers, Columnist

Out of France, a Tale of Two Clichés

The sick man of Europe who’s too big to fail.

Overtaking Italy.

Photographer: Nathan Laine/Bloomberg

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Politics doesn’t matter to markets, until it does. The last few days have brought political shocks severe enough to shake some of the deepest-held investment assumptions. The conclusions are concerning.