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The recent sharp sell-off in shares worldwide has unnerved many UK investors – and half expect the market downturn to persist until the end of the tax year. This is according to new research by financial services firm Willis Owen, which also found that 17 per cent of UK investors expect …

Donald Trump’s trade war, the Fed ‘going loco’ with rate rises, Italy’s intransigence, or the concentric circles of Brexit – there are plenty of things to blame for stock markets sliding. Whichever villain you choose – and it may be some, all, or none of these – there’s a shift …

Mention emerging markets and the talk inevitably turns to Trump.  This is because, for better or for worse, the fortunes of the world’s developing economies are closely linked to the outlook for the world’s largest economy – America. The two main reasons for this are trade and tapering. China spent …