The widespread pessimism about the outlook for the UK economy in 2017 seems at odds with the continued gains in UK equity prices. This can partly be explained, of course, by the importance of overseas earnings to many of the companies that make up the FTSE 100. But the strength of the FTSE does still offer some reasons to be positive.
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