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Market conditions have been difficult over the past six months, although with the benefit of a stron...

Market conditions have been difficult over the past six months, although with the benefit of a strong autumn rally and another coinciding with the onset of war in Iraq in March, the key market indices are generally slightly up, or at least flat, over the period. The only exception to this is Japan, which has fallen in sterling terms by nearly 10%. As yet, no bottom has been firmly signalled, making this the longest, if not the deepest, bear market in living memory. Inevitably, many investors will be questioning the continued logic for holding shares. The bear market can partly be expla...

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