For much of 2015, and the early part of 2016, I only had to check the direction of the oil price and the Shanghai Composite to work out how good - or bad - the day ahead would be.
'Disappointing' seems to be the most common epithet attached to the word 'growth'. This is as true for the US as it is many other developed and developing economies.
How will the overall fund market be impacted?
In the second part of our special feature, multi-asset managers explain their US positioning in the face of further market volatility as interest rate rises loom and the presidential election campaign enters its final months.
Multi-asset managers tell Investment Week their current US positioning in the face of further market volatility as interest rate rises and the presidential election loom later in the year.
Natalie Kenway reports from San Francisco on the companies that are planning for a future of electric vehicles, anti-ageing technology and 3D printed limbs, with their growth posing a serious threat to older rivals.
In November of 2015, the Spartans of Michigan State travelled to Ann Arbor to play their arch rivals, the Michigan Wolverines.
Eoin Murray, head of the investment office at Hermes Investment Management, questions how much of the recent market rally is grounded in reality.
How are investors allocating to the US?