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US equities got off to a strong start in January, boosted by better-than-expected ISM manufacturing data, the US unemployment rate and corporate earnings results.

Climate change continues to be a controversial topic, but how should level-headed investors respond?

To what extent does Japan still merit its place in your portfolio?

"I give this portion of my estate as a thank-offering in the firm conviction that never again shall we have a chance of giving our country that form of help which is so vital at the present time" - Stanley Baldwin, first secretary to the Treasury, 1923....

$123trn is a lot of money - it could almost repay most of the UK government's UK debt and my credit card bill combined.

Emerging markets represent 30% of global GDP, yet only 14.3% of the MSCI [World] index.

Earlier this month the Bank of England announced a halt to its quantitative easing programme. Other central banks also have complex exit strategies to undertake. But how successful has QE been and did it have the desired effects?

Newton Asian Income manager Jason Pidcock discusses his expectations for the region's markets in 2010 with Asset TV's Mark Colegate

Manager anticipates intense money printing as Japanese government launches quantitative easing measures

A key estimate of UK GDP suggests output increased in the three months ending in January, but indications of a more substantial recovery are still wide of the mark, according to the National Institute of Economic and Social Research.