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This week the markets have started the New Year as they ended the old one, with some wild price swings.

After a December that blew apart the Santa Rally story by posting the worst returns of the year for the first time, and in doing so ending a reliable east week before Christmas story topic for journalists (and analysts) everywhere, we're now watching for the demise of the January effect.

This week we got a timely reminder of what really matters as stocks tumbled on the back of the latest Fed rate hike.

As with most matters, being in control is much less stressful than being reactionary.

But what can we learn from 2018, and what New Year resolutions can we practically deal with as we move forward?

After thirty years of investing, the investment rules often don’t make sense, but the old saying still stands true: If it doesn’t make sense in front of you, it will make sense somewhere else.

This week pretty much sums up the year; a lot of noise and drama and we've ended up back where we started.

The challenge to Theresa May dominated the airways for two days, but despite seeing off the challenge, nothing about Brexit has fundamentally changed.