As we start to settle into the New Year, and wish each other well for 2012, it is easy – when minds wander – to wonder what might happen over the next 12 months. The last year was full of uncertainty, and it seems there is no reason to think that this year will be any different. As far as financial matters are concerned, we are no more settled than we were last January, and within reason, anything could happen. Who would have imagined the changes that have occurred in the Middle East, for instance?
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This Year’s Ups and Downs
Well, Winter draws on, and another year is nearly over. As far as investments are concerned, this year has not been short of excitement (a trifle too much, for some, I fear). Whilst there seems to have been an overriding air of economic gloom, it hasn’t been the worst of years for most markets. Despite all the concerns over the weaker countries in the Euro-zone, and the lack of growth in the greater part of the western world, many markets are higher than they started the year.
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