Will equities climb a wall of worry in 2020?

'Train is not going off the tracks'

Global equity markets delivered a rollercoaster ride for investors in 2019 as worries about trade disputes and slowing economic growth escalated.

Even so, equities continued to deliver large gains, with most equity benchmarks across developed and emerging markets finishing the year in positive territory. Now, the question is whether stocks can scale higher in 2020. Geopolitics will have an outsized influence on that answer, especially with the US presidential election looming, the next phase of the Brexit negotiations to be conducted and trade tensions still simmering beneath the surface. The world in 2020: Ten global market predictions With the unpredictability of the trade war and political events such as the US preside...