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Eight ideas on how to play a roller-coaster sharemarket

Uncertainty abounds – will global tariffs make a return? How far will a China trade war go? But some of our biggest investors are seeing big opportunities.

There are rocky markets, then there’s this week. A massive slump for the S&P/ASX 200 on Monday was followed by a similarly impressive surge on Thursday. But uncertainty abounds – will US President Donald Trump press ahead with his global tariff plans after the three-month pause he announced, and how far will a trade war with China go?

For some of the country’s biggest investors, uncertainty is just another way of saying opportunity. Here is how they see the market ahead:

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Alex Gluyas is deputy markets editor based in the Melbourne newsroom. Connect with Alex on Twitter. Email Alex at alex.gluyas@afr.com
Joanne Tran is a markets reporter for The Australian Financial Review in the Sydney newsroom. Connect with Joanne on Twitter. Email Joanne at jo.tran@afr.com
Nicola Blackburn is a markets reporter for The Australian Financial Review in the Sydney newsroom.

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