EDITORIAL

Things are going well but potential flash points can still roil markets

Tue, Jan 09, 2018 - 5:50 AM

Investors are happy. Stock markets have started 2018 with a bang, and bond markets are remarkably stable. The US dollar is weak and oil prices are up. The commodity price crash a few years ago and the resulting economic slump is fast fading into distant memory.

Worst case scenarios have...