Markets entering jittery period of uncertainty
READERS of this paper are probably ready to click "buy" for their Cyber Monday shopping baskets, but their willingness to do the same on the bourse may be more variable.
Markets last week survived fits of volatility to turn out a respectable, if not strong, finish.
Still, it remains to be seen how well traders around the world will ride out an uncertain period, as November wraps up and this year's rally in equities stays stubbornly dogged by whispers of the word "bubble".
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