Here's a 2-part trade that will help investors survive as global economies splinter apart, says Bernstein

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• Economies around the world are the most synchronized in years, but Bernstein argues they'll start diverging soon.
• The firm offers a two-part recommendation for best handling this splintering of global economic growth.

As the spectre of a trade war looms, one measure shows that countries around the world are surprisingly unified — at least in one regard.

Global economies are the most synchronized in 50 years, showing a "remarkable degree of consistency" when it comes to growth, according to Bernstein and reflected in the chart below.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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