Let us enjoy the equity sweet spot for now. Interest rates are likely to remain low for some time as the recovery remains fragile.

Timing the market comes down to a simple choice between value and momentum investing - both have their promoters and detractors and at the end of the day it may boil down to a simple matter of personality

When we considered the outlook for Russia at the beginning on 2009, it appeared we were staring into the abyss.

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations is the world's third largest trading block with a GDP that has doubled since 1997

Concentrating on US healthcare reform has led many analysts to overlook other positives in the biotechnology sector

Increases in exports of soy beans and iron ore helped China overtake the US as Brazil's largest trading partner.

"One of the greatest disservices you can do a man is to lend him money that he can't pay back."

If lots of people are asking ‘Why bother with UK equities?' then history says that now is the time to invest

Cost and value were the central factors in the active or passive debate 15 years ago and it is much the same today, the major difference being that funds find themselves in competition with their own peers rather than each other

Fund distribution has changed dramatically in the last 15 years and with the RDR, just one of many things shaking up the industry, the rate of change can only accelerate, says Kira Nickerson, former editor of Investment Week