The striking thing about the recent renewed slump in the UK stockmarket is that it has not, for once, been driven by comparable weakness on Wall Street. Indeed, the UK market has significantly underperformed the US market in recent months, falling some 5% below the lows seen last October while the S&P 500 is still some 10% above its autumn lows.
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