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Uncertainty over President Vladimir Putin’s intentions in Ukraine has unsettled global investors in recent weeks, but positive developments for the advanced economies continue to encourage markets. Central bankers on both sides of the Atlantic last week signalled that they would take action to support economic recovery and asset prices. With better-than-expected trade data from China soothing concerns over a slowdown, financial markets are heading towards summer with confidence. And, with corporate earnings growth due in the second quarter on the back of the global recovery, for fund manager Schroders’ chief economist Keith Wade global equities remain well supported and their preferred asset class despite high valuations in some markets.
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