The fall of new opportunities?

UK

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The forecast for the UK economy is not bright but the outlook for investors in UK equities could be outstanding.

For the prudent investor, the opportunity is now there to make significant real returns May’s general election resulted in a new coalition government committed to tackling the UK fiscal deficit. Unlike the Labour government’s Keynesian appproach of stimulating growth through borrowing and spending, the new Liberal/Conservative coalition has a clear agenda of cutting the burden of huge government debt by reducing the role of government and encouraging the private sector to grow the economy out of recession. The UK fiscal consolidation, set to take place through to the 2015/16 tax ye...

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