The stockmarket could be on thin ice, notes Lord Rothschild in the latest half-year results for RIT Capital, the investment trust he founded in 1961. Rothschild, 82, who steps down as chairman next month, notes that "valuations are, on many metrics, at the upperend of historical rangesat a time when geopolitical risks abound; creditquality is deteriorating;and global economicgrowth is weakening".
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