Neil Birrell: Time to jump on the pro-cyclical bus?

Neil Birrell: "The problem is there will now be yet another significant reduction in economic activity and the longer that lasts, the deeper the scarring."
Admitting he does not have the clarity of vision to predict the short-term future, Neil Birrell considers what might happen in the medium and longer term within equity markets
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