Europe

Commentators get hooked on equity market index levels.

Smaller companies sector has significantly outperformed other IMA European fund sectors over past 12 months

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

The current market is concerned inflation may pick up as a consequence of the policy decisions thus far taken in an attempt to stimulate the OECD economies.

This week's panel debates the experience of investors in the European equities sector

The euro area is interesting because the economies of the 16 member states are quite diverse while representing a broad risk spectrum.

The European market has continued to rise, led by basic industries.

Unlike the London housing market that seems to rise every year, the stock market had another year of wild gyrations.

At the start of 2009, the outlook for European equities was bleak. Banks had ceased lending to each other, liquidity was absent from the market and credit had become the scarcest commodity of all.

Investment Week Conjecture