published Oct 25, 2018, 12:16:29 PM, by Todd White and Natasha Doff (Bloomberg) — The October stock rout has delivered a wake-up call to money managers searching for shelter this year. Swelling dollar funding costs, equity volatility and fissures in the synchronized growth story are punishing assets across the globe.

Everyone knows the story of David and Goliath — how a shepherd boy challenged the Philistine giant to battle and brought him down with a sling and a stone.  The story is told in 1 Samuel :17. “Now the Philistines gathered their forces for war and assembled at Sokoh in