Why relying on the dollar's strength is a risky strategy for investors

As the low interest rate environment continues to vex investors, David Urch, manager of the TB EEA UK Equity Market fund, looks at the areas of growth investors should focus on in 2015

Higher yielding stocks are the default option for anyone relying on capital to generate income currently, but the outlook is decidedly mixed. Oil prices remaining lower for longer will place growing pressure on Royal Dutch Shell and BP, two of the FTSE's biggest dividend payers. Both say they will at least maintain, but not grow, quarterly dividend payments. Longer term, their pay-outs may have to be cut if earnings remain under pressure. In February, Premier Oil announced it was scrapping its 2014 dividend after reporting losses linked to collapsing oil prices. Miners are also suffer...