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https://www.thebizsense.com/views/files/2011/01/phoney.488.jpg488200Currently investment markets are experiencing a “phoney war,” the words used to describe the quiescent period in 1940 before the Germans came smashing into France to destroy one of Europe’s greatest armies in a matter of days. The stockmarket that most people still believe leads the world, Wall Street, continues in its strong uptrend, seemingly signalling coming greater strength in the US economy. But historical evidence is that such signals often prove to be false.