2018 World Cup: Which stocks will perform well if England make the knockout stages?

The good, bad and the middling stock picks

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As England kick off their 2018 World Cup campaign against Tunisia tonight, co-manager of the Smith & Williamson Enterprise fund Mark Swain reveals which stocks he thinks will perform well if the Three Lions make it to the knockout stages - and which ones will not.

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