This week’s markets have kept investors on their toes. Is this just a bump in the road or a longer term trend?

On Thursday, the Nikkei saw its biggest one-day percentage drop in two years. Weak manufacturing data from China didn't help. And Ben Bernanke hinting the FED could begin winding down its QE programme added to the uncertainty.

So how do you position yourself as volatility reasserts itself? Lea Jakobiak has been finding out.