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Second half 2018 market forecast
A second half 2018 market forecast is now appropriate as time slips away with already half of the year confined to history. First, Darren Winters starts with the easy part of his second half 2018 market forecast The wheels of the fourth-revolution will most likely spin faster as stagflation, the problem of waning consumption and …
The doom loop spins faster
The doom loop spins faster as we enter the second half of 2018 Darren Winters takes a look at the short-term solutions chosen over the years that could have made the fundamental problem worse going forward. Investors need to be mindful that doom loops are everywhere and that a second stock market correction like the …
Political instability
Political instability is likely to weigh on risk assets going forward. The mass movement of people due to ongoing wars in Africa and the Middle East together with a global economic downturn, particularly in Emerging markets is contributing to a climate of political instability. Europe’s wild card, Italy is the latest to have succumbed to …