Bond market investors were, no doubt, delighted to pass the baton of extreme volatility to equity markets last week, but the

theme continues to be the same: markets themselves are making the headlines, and not in a good way. The technology sector

has taken a pummelling, and the Nasdaq Composite index came within a hair’s breadth of closing below its level of a year ago.

All the sound and fury of the preceding 12 months now signifies nothing. The same is true of the Japanese stock market: a

volatile last 12 months saw, at one point, a rally in the Nikkei 225 index of 13.5%, which has now all been given back. Even the

more-stately Dow Jones Industrial Average has fallen to a level last seen in April last year.

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