With markets having to digest a flood of data, natural disasters and political turmoil, Robert Tyerman assesses the impact on investors.

First published:
What Investment

Date of publication:
1 April 2011

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As I hinted last month, the stockmarket’s recent euphoria has lately shown fragility in the face of increasingly savage political turmoil in the oil-exporting states of North Africa and the Middle East.

After its foray above 6,000 points, the FTSE 100 Share index recently dipped to around the 5,800 level, a amid the widespread conviction that the Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee’s decision to hold base rates at 0.5 per cent might not be repeatable for more than a few more months, if that.

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