AXA IM's Hooper: Moving from a time of assured support to one of uncertainty

Trade wars a key risk

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Buoyant equity markets have benefitted from the ongoing synchronised recovery in the global economy and corporate profitability, boosted by US tax reform, the return of the commodity capital expenditure cycle and balance sheet improvements in the financial sector.

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