Gosling's Grouse: A year for DIY-experts

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What a funny old year it has been - and there are still a few weeks to go!

Looking back over the past 12 months, we started off worrying the Chinese economy - now the second largest in the world - was about to implode as a result of bad debts related to its inflated property market. However, after a couple of smart sets of statistics on growth expectations - which no-one really truly believes - we could all relax. Then up popped everyone's favourite investment topic - the price of oil. Even my neighbour, who knows nothing about anything much, is fascinated by the price of oil and what it means for filling up his car. Did anyone figure out why the price of...

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