The Dow Jones rose more than 7% in January and the Nasdaq more than 9%. December was undoubtedly an unpleasant month for stock investors, exacerbated by almost 500 US hedge funds closing their books for good. Such huge liquidation t created a ripple effect which unnerved investors otherwise preoccupied with fears of the consequences of the trade war, snail- pace growth in Europe and Brexit.
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