Investors are telling Britain to cheer up a bit
Snap up an asset as its price plummets, and you are “catching a falling knife”. Chase a series of small profits while risking a big blow-up, and you are “picking up pennies in front of a steamroller”. To bet against America’s central bank is to “fight the Fed”; to short-sell Japanese government bonds is to attempt the “widowmaker”.
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