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MIKE DOLAN: Bonds, emerging stocks eye ‘geo-investment’ switches

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London — August has been rough so far for emerging market stocks and western government bonds, a worrying confluence that may extend losses from “geo-investment” standoffs and reflect an increasingly polarised world economy.

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