Despite a terrible start to the year and a few political surprises along the way, 2016 saw good returns for diversified investors who held their nerve. Balanced super funds had returns around 7.5% which is pretty good given inflation was just 1.5%.

2017 is commencing with far less fear than seen a year ago but there is consternation regarding Donald Trump's policies, political developments in Europe and the growth outlook.

this note provides a summary of key insights on the global investment outlook and key issues around it in simple dot point form.

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