International investor uncertainty is the highest it has been for between 1996 and 2018 , with uncertainty about Brexit , the US - China trade war, US impeachment proceedings and Turkey ’s actions in Syria hitting sentiment. The U.K. Parliament’s decision to postpone a final vote on the country’s exit from the European Union marks the latest geopolitical development likely to swing financial markets, highlighting the extreme levels of uncertainty that some investors worry isn’t being properly accounted for with U.S. stocks near all-time highs. Academics from Northwestern , Stanford and Turkey universities have created a set of indices to show that political and economic uncertainties are at their highest since 1997 , rising sharply during between 1996 and 2018 . A second index shows uncertainty about global trading had risen to 100 , having been an average of 2 more than 20 years . Some analysts, however, have said Turkish stocks could face a favourable scenario despite the uncertainties.
International investor uncertainty is the highest it has been for between 1996 and 2018 , with uncertainty about Brexit , the US - China trade war, US impeachment proceedings and Turkey ’s actions in Syria hitting sentiment. Academics from Northwestern , Stanford and Turkey universities have created a set of indices to show that political and economic uncertainties are at their highest since 1997 , rising sharply during between 1996 and 2018 . A second index shows uncertainty about global trading had risen to 100 , having been an average of 2 more than 20 years . Some analysts, however, have said Turkish stocks could face a favourable scenario despite the uncertainties.