8AM's Merricks: A shoal of red herring or a flock of black swans?

Key questions investors need to ask to battle volatility

The dust has started to settle as this piece is written, but there is still dust in the air. After weeks, months, if not years of wrangling, a new resident is sitting outside the White House ready to move in. But there is a bit of a wait for the keys while the incumbent finishes packing.

The Presidential campaign sitcom has swung between entertaining, unbelievable, exciting and dull, whilst serving as a major media distraction from Brexit. The next episode is only a short wait away and has been left hanging tantalisingly in the air by the narrow margin of victory. With a huge 150 million or so votes, the fact that the actual number of votes for Trump rose, and only about 4 million votes separated the two protagonists, reminds us of the old Monty Python Dead Parrot sketch. Trumpism, like the Norwegian Blue, is not dead. It's resting (younger readers may need to look th...