David Coombs: Time to buckle up

'Many new threats'

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As the state of politics in the UK and US has cast a shadow on markets, writes David Coombs, it could be time to diversify and batten down the hatches ...

The other night I went to the Frontline Club in Paddington, London to see a documentary detailing the relatively recent tragic events in Myanmar. On the Inside of a Military Dictatorship, directed by Karen Stokkendal Poulsen, featured interviews with military generals and the globally discredited Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi. The film left you in some doubt as to what really happened. Did the constitution trap Aung San Suu Kyi into taking a pragmatic approach to the military's actions with a long-term goal of amending the constitution to ultimately take control of the military down...

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