Investors need to focus on the big picture despite a very bumpy start to the year for markets, according to J.P. Morgan Asset Management's Stephanie Flanders.
The firm's chief market strategist for Europe said to expect further bouts of volatility while uncertainty continues over global growth and China's impact, although "we're not jumping off the ship yet". Presenting the asset manager's latest quarterly market guide, Flanders said volatility will also be heightened by divergence in central bank policy which will be a persistent theme for 2016. This month has been a nightmare for markets so far with yet more falls in China's stock market bringing down the FTSE and S&P. Flanders warned that a financial crisis is bubbling under the surfa...
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