Four potential 'black swans' for 2025

'Four unlikely but nonetheless plausible scenarios'

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Nathan Sweeney explores what new ‘black swans' could the world see in 2025...

In 2024 a sniper came within a hair's breadth of assassinating Donald Trump. As Israel targeted Hezbollah members, dozens of people were killed by explosives planted in pagers and walkie-talkies. And a spacecraft returned to Earth to be caught by giant ‘chopsticks'. What new ‘black swans' could the world see in 2025? Here are four unlikely but nonetheless plausible scenarios that would have significant implications for investors.  1. Elon Musk becomes US president Donald Trump is 78 years old. He lives on a diet that includes large quantities of McDonald's, KFC and Diet Coke and ha...

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