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As investors we’re constantly told that ‘markets can go up as well as down’. But if you’ve forgotten the last part, it’s probably because 2017 was a year of almost all up and very little down. Not only did most stock markets hit new record highs, they did so with …

Building an investment portfolio requires commitment, patience, sacrifice and nerves of steel – especially when stock markets go into freefall. Certainly, the recent sharp sell-off in shares worldwide, triggered by fears of a global trade war between China and the United States and higher interest rates, has unnerved many investors. …

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 …