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ON UK INCOME

GEORGE VINEY, investment analyst on the Rathbone Income fund on UK Income

For more on UK Income, search Adviserhound.com In an unusually volatile market, investors can be forgiven for feeling confused.  There is a danger, however, in paying too much attention to noisy data and short-term equity price fluctuations. We are in a bull market for opinion-making, but investors are reminded that the soft-landing - widely anticipated in 2008 - has proven as illusory as a V-shaped recovery in 2010. The future cannot be predicted, but we can conservatively prepare for any lean years to come. Rather than anticipate the next turn in the market, investors should focu...