The charts that matter: a big bounceback – but can it last?

John Stepek looks at the global economy’s most important charts to find out what’s behind the market’s latest rally, and how long it can last.

Welcome back. Quick thing to highlight before we get started I'm hosting an event in London on 12 February. I'll be talking to MoneyWeek regular and dedicated value investor Tim Price, and to Netwealth's Iain Barnes about the outlook for 2019. We'll cover everything from inflation and interest rates to political risks and investing in global equity markets. Tickets are selling fast, so book your place now.

We'll have a new podcast for you next week meanwhile if you missed the one on Gift Aid at the end of last year you can catch it here.

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John Stepek

John Stepek is a senior reporter at Bloomberg News and a former editor of MoneyWeek magazine. He graduated from Strathclyde University with a degree in psychology in 1996 and has always been fascinated by the gap between the way the market works in theory and the way it works in practice, and by how our deep-rooted instincts work against our best interests as investors.

He started out in journalism by writing articles about the specific business challenges facing family firms. In 2003, he took a job on the finance desk of Teletext, where he spent two years covering the markets and breaking financial news.

His work has been published in Families in Business, Shares magazine, Spear's Magazine, The Sunday Times, and The Spectator among others. He has also appeared as an expert commentator on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, BBC Radio Scotland, Newsnight, Daily Politics and Bloomberg. His first book, on contrarian investing, The Sceptical Investor, was released in March 2019. You can follow John on Twitter at @john_stepek.