Markets in third quarter: The charge before the storm

Fuelled by over $20 trillion of global stimulus and super-charged tech stocks, MSCI's world stocks index piled on 14% over July and August to reclaim the record highs it surrendered in February when COVID first spiralled.Oil gained a further 10%, August saw sustained moves out of government bond and gold bolt holes, video app Zoom kept zooming and even the world's poorest countries were on a tear in debt markets.World stocks shuddered, giving back over 8% in three weeks, and led down for once by