Falling share prices are current news, but over the past two years the big issue for new investors is perhaps a different one: that of large falls in yields.
Among the brigade of economists and investment strategists a depressing idea has been gaining traction in recent years, one we might call the Japanification of the Anglo Saxon world.
Lack of financials exposure helps sector outperform other peer groups over one year but headwinds are building.
James Burns, head of the multi-manager desk at Smith & Williamson, reveals which sectors offer the most opportunities.
It is funny how fear becomes infectious and eventually clouds rational people's judgement.
THE AGE OF EQUITIES IS OVER
Charles Stanley's Louis Coke highlights some of his tried-and-tested picks - and one to avoid - in the hunt for good risk-adjusted returns.
HSBC Asset Management's emerging market debt specialists Guillermo Osses, and Nathan Chaudoin discuss this diverse and rapidly growing marketplace.