Past six months in bond markets have seen a reversion to ‘safe haven' assets such as gilts and treasuries

The recent severe global market sell-off has stemmed from a number of legitimate investor concerns.

Simon Scott-White of Charles Stanley says Oxford Catalysts is worth a punt for those with the nerve.

Risk is a hot topic at the moment. The turmoil on the stock exchange has seen a big increase in market risk while Standard and Poor's has lowered their opinion of the US's credit risk.

Stephen Peters, investment trust analyst at Charles Stanley, looks at how the investment trust sector is dealing with a testing 2011.

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Floundering economic growth and political stalemate have rocked investors in the IMA North America sector

Martin Skanberg has managed the Schroder European fund since October 2008, helping to generate a return of 7.4% in the last three years compared to the sector average loss of 1.9%.