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https://baronandgrant.com/professional/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/11/JCB-Investors-Chronicle-Column.png10801080It is unlikely markets will settle in the short-term given the variables at large. Stretched valuations in certain sectors even after recent falls, market leadership still being decided, central governments’ response to rising inflation (which is now finally accepted to be less transitory than originally thought), the corresponding increase in the number of expected interest rate rises, the possibility of QE being wound down, and increasing geo-political tensions, are just some of the issues markets will grapple with this year.