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Pendulum may now have swung too far

Markets had been complacent about the downside risks to the US economy and financial sector from the housing slump, but the pendulum may now have swung too far towards fear. We anticipate a modest recovery in global equity prices as the year progresses. However, the commodity boom may be the next bubble to burst.

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