Regular readers will know that we are watching the performance and chart pattern of the FTSE All World Equity Index with interest. This global equity benchmark for fund managers around the world continues to track the 2007/8 stock market top in an eerily similar fashion. We have experienced a sharp selloff in the stock market and are now rallying off the August lows. The bulls will argue we have had our -10% correction and have come through October relatively unscathed, so it's off to the races for the rest of the year. We take a more sanguine view. Given that the global economy is slowing and corporate earnings have been relatively disappointing, there is quite a disconnect in the market today between expectations and reality.