Martin Vander Weyer Martin Vander Weyer

Mr Bear is back: sit tight because he may be with us for a while

Plus: Google’s taxes; and why Scunthorpe Ladies’ Luncheon Club is my Davos

issue 30 January 2016

Like Leonardo DiCaprio in The Revenant, we’ve just been savaged by a bear but we’ll probably survive. Leading UK-listed stocks have fallen 20 per cent from last April’s peak after a six-year climb, and the FTSE100 chart has taken on a saw-toothed downward trajectory that suggests, to those who rely on such indicators, that there are further falls to come.

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