Any attempt to sniff out a bit of good news while global markets are collapsing around our ears risks an accusation that one is performing Emperor Nero’s trick of fiddling while Rome burns.

And there’s no doubt that one of the most torrid weeks the market has ever seen will hammer investor confidence for the foreseeable future...

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