King and Saunders celebrate one year of outperformance

This week's Conjecture panel debate the quick run-up experienced recently in emerging markets and the themes they will be following

Do derivatives still have a place within the investment world and can they be used within fixed income portfolios to more effectively manage the risks associated with bond investing?

During periods of sharp recovery, investors seek out companies that share a combination of characteristics including poor relative returns in the market decline, attractiveness on stable measures of value such as book-to-price and high financial and operational...

James Smith's Ignis Global Growth fund tops IMA Global Growth sector over one year with returns of 50.7%, against 21.3% sector average

I have just come back from the US having visited Vanguard fund management's campus outside Philadelphia.

Whether markets will be able to absorb the huge government debt issuance that will be forthcoming once the Bank of England's quantitative easing programme ends is a hot topic at the moment.

Recessions can be likened to dieting. They may be good for the long-term health of the economy but they are unpleasant to endure and it is a great relief when they end

Keynes' advocacy of fiscal stimulus to revive an economy from recession is well documented. For obvious reasons it has also been fiercely debated over the past two years, so it is somewhat ironic communist China could stake a claim to being the most Keynesian...

In Chinese culture, the tiger's vivid stripes symbolise the balanced forces of yin and yang. It is perhaps appropriate the Government, while continuing to provide support for the consumer, has chosen this year to take steps to avoid the imbalances that...