Ardevora's Lang: Why UK giants have suffered summer share price shocks

Firms seen double-digit falls

Laura Dew
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Ardevora's Jeremy Lang has pinned the high volume of double-digit share price falls in recent weeks on the fallout from management running firms with only a "narrow margin of error", while explaining why he has avoided the businesses that have been hit particularly hard.

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