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What made financial headlines over the weekend?

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'Black Monday II', VCT tips and risk appetite - here's our weekly heads-up on the financial stories that may have caught your clients' attention over the weekend …

Stockmarket crash warning: Black Monday is coming again - ex-trader This Express article flags up a warning from author and former trader Simon Watkins that another ‘Black Monday' crash could be on the horizon. According to Watkins, a number of the factors that coloured the run-up to the notorious 1987 market fall are now being mirrored in 2017. The Dow Jones trading close to all-time highs is one factor Watkins highlights as the US experiences its third-longest economic expansion in history. Fears over economic stability in Asia is another parallel Watkins draws, along with the dramat...

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