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Fears over impact on banks from long-term negative central bank rates
Strong demand pushes implied volatility for WTI to the highest level since 2009
Chinese tech group starts ball rolling as US companies instruct banks after slow start to the year
FT survey of investors, asset managers and strategists finds reasons to be cheerful amid gloom
There are three factors that could help investors shake off the sense of doom and gloom
Region’s market helped as US remains shut amid credit sell-off
Systemic-based models help rack up early 2016 paper profits for Man Group unit and Cantab Capital
Global markets reflect sense of a new, much tougher era for asset prices
They understood the gravity of the 2008 crisis well before the Federal Reserve
The business of looking far into the future offers the opportunity to revisit past assumptions
Apart from a few stocks, the US markets are in a slump with fears post-crisis rally has run its course
Possible ‘tail risks’ in the coming year include China, currencies and return of inflation
China sees volatility, emerging market currencies suffer hard falls but equities rally in Italy
Crude oil down more than 3% on supply glut worries
Country is hugely important in determining world economy
With Opec not cutting and hedge funds still shorting, there is little optimism over crude prices
Return outlook for relatively safe securities is deteriorating
History cannot be a guide to the path of unconventional tightening
Fallout concentrates on currencies after euro selling becomes crowded trade
Fed rates, China and emerging markets will be in focus
Predictions of a government debt sell-off seem safer this year, but complacency threatens
US payrolls and Opec have power to upend market trends
Green shoots in economy and cheaper valuations add to attraction
Currency moves and prospects for Japan to influence investor rotation
Analysts struggle to find precedent for contrasting rates outlook
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