Ireland vulnerable to a marked slowdown in the Chinese economy

China has become an integral part of the global economy, and it is a fact that but for the growth in China over the last few years, the global economy would have gone into an even worse meltdown, writes Jim Power

Timing is absolutely everything. In this column last week, I wrote about the stellar performance of equity markets since 2009 and pointed out how investors need to have a clear understanding of their time horizon and if they are long-term investors they should be prepared for periodic corrections and not be scared away by market noise.

At the end of the article I posed the question if the markets will continue to go ahead in the near term, given the magnitude of the gains made since 2009.