Are the good times over for world markets?

The markets are in turmoil. Stockmarkets across the world have plunged, metals prices are down and volatility is surging. The big question is - what happens next? Is this just a correction, or is the bear market back with a vengeance?

So far the old adage, "Sell in May and go away" has been entirely appropriate for almost all of the world's markets. Volatility has burst back into prominence.

The extra-ordinary string of market-negative comments in most of the recent financial press, signals a sharp and very significant deterioration in sentiment. After all, when it comes down to it, it isn't the news that causes markets to behave differently but people's reaction to the news! Or, more simply put, a key change of sentiment.

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