Keith Churchouse: 'It is all getting a bit bullish very quickly'

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Sentiment for growth is almost universal as the world emerges from the Covid-19 pandemic. The bull seems to be back and is likely to run, writes Keith Churchouse, but will its path be just?

It is all getting a bit bullish very quickly wherever you look! Will it continue? My view remains positive for some years to come. In the early 70s my parents took me and my energetic young brothers for our first foreign holiday. The exotic location was southern Spain, and it was very different to anything we had experienced before. Humidity, castanets, flamenco dancing, and of course bull fighting. Yes, a grim afternoon was spent in an amphitheatre, with the matadors battling to great applause. Quite an experience. The bull is a magnificent beast, and if we refer to its financial nam...

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