• Hope and change are all but gone. Obama’s got nothing to lose any more (The Guardian)
• Are Commodities a Necessary Portfolio Component? (Josh)
• China: Pressures are escalating (Schroder’s) and see What’s Happening in China? (Schwab)
• Is the oil rout overdone? (Fidelity)
• Is Oil Too Slick for Equity Investors? (AB Blog)
• Frontier Markets in Focus: 2016 and Beyond (Franklin Templeton)
• Look beyond the China noise: European equities can return 10 per cent again (Money Observer)
• Buying the market pullbacks (Fidelity)
• Is your portfolio built for 2016? (Blackrock)
• UK: Dan Godfrey: if fund management doesn’t change, people will be “marching down the street with pitchforks” (MoneyWeek)
• Opinion: Germany’s success raises a few questions (DW)

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