How will US markets cope with QE tapering?

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The modest growth America's economy has experienced in the first half of 2013 is mainly down to bright spots in the housing and manufacturing sectors, but is it enough to limit the damage that could hit the stock markets when QE is tapered? Kully Samra, UK branch director at Charles Schwab, takes a closer look.

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