EQUITIES - The perils of crystal ball gazing

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EQUITIES - The perils of crystal ball gazing

It may be a mug's game, but predicting end of year stock indices still matters to fund managers who are trying to decide which markets and stocks to target. Ben Davies looks at who got it right and wrong since 1989 and why crystal ball gazing is getting tougher.

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