Tough Choices For Investors

The sporting glories of the summer provided a welcome distraction from the deep-seated problems of the global economy. But now attention is firmly focused back on the high levels of government and consumer debt, deflationary forces and large unsustainable fiscal deficits.

The lack of a political solution to the eurozone crisis is affecting economic confidence in other parts of the world. Added to all this uncertainty, the outcome of the US presidential election in November is likely to have global ramifications. The two contenders in the race for the White House have very different plans for the economy, so in this issue of Family wealth management we look at how the result might affect the world's markets.