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Shares are difficult, but bonds are dangerous

Trevor Sykes

Any investors who have struggled to make money on the share market in 2016 can console themselves with the thought that they're members of a fairly large club.

As this column is written, the S&P/ASX200 is stagnating just above the 5,300 mark, merely a whisker above the close of 5,295 on December 30, 2015. Calendar 2016 opened with a falling market, which reached a low of 4,765 on February 11.

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Trevor Sykes writes on Business specialising in Mining, Energy, Shares. Trevor applies his acerbic wit to Australian business as Pierpont.

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