The risk off feeling around markets that is coming from the looming US Governmental shutdown and the increasing belligerence of certain elements of the Republican Party seems certain to dominate trade early this week overshadowing the Chinese liberalisation of the Yuan and interest rates and the announcement of the Shanghai Free Trade Zone competing over the weekend. The collapse of the Italian Government only serves to underscore a period of uncertainty at the moment. Looking back to Friday it was a continuation of the weakness we saw for most of last week on the Stock Market with the Dow falling 70 points of 0.46%, ... (full story)