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Merchants Trust: How to invest in the new world order

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Simon Gergel, manager of the 133-year-old UK equity income trust Merchants, talks to Gavin Lumsden about the stock market impact of high inflation, soaring energy prices and the war in Ukraine. 
11 Mar 2022 English United Kingdom Investing

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