Events, dear boy, events: how politics is making markets volatile
(The Guardian Argentina)

The goings-on in the White House and Westminster are having as much effect as economic indicatorsPolitical events have always had an impact on the world´s financial markets but rarely have they mattered quite so much as they do now.Take two current examples. The latest news from Germany on Thursday was dire, with a plunge in factory orders adding to the risk of a technical recession - two successive quarters of negative growth. Normally, this would be a reason to sell German shares but the Frankfurt stock market was up. Continue reading...