Winter in markets...

'Freezing in Fear' Factors:

• Chinese growth slippage.
• Slide in the yuan.
• Japanese recessionary inclination, coupled with strengthening yen - which is seen as a safe haven. 
• Australian commodity price falls.
• North Korean atomic exploits.
• China vs Vietnam.
• Gulf affected by downhill oil prices.
• Europe's economic problems seem to linger.
• Political disunity in Europe. The burden on Germany and France owing to geopolitical tensions. 
• Post 2011 chaos in the Middle East.
• An imperious Russia seeking to reassert.
• Saudi Arabia versus Iran. Sectarian divisions on religious lines. 
• A slow moving India where internal dissensions hold up governance and reforms.
• Volatility in the markets. (Cause and effect)
• Stress in the financial sector.
• Services industry slowdown owing to geopolitical moves. 
• Appreciation of the dollar and a global slowdown might affect USA. 

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