Max King, portfolio manager of the Investec Diversified Growth fund, answers some of the key questions to help you navigate the current economic minefield.
The current economic problems confronting the UK and Europe have attracted a bombardment of ideas, “solutions” and input from all quarters, some of which are helpful, some irrelevant, some risky and some thoroughly dangerous. Below, some of the biggest questions surrounding the navigation of the current economic minefield are considered. 1 What can the UK government do to improve the performance of the UK economy? There is little that can be done, in my view. The decline in North Sea output (18% last year) is having an unavoidable effect in slowing the economy that will fade over ti...
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