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Markets are more than 90% higher than the low levels seen in March this year, which almost re-tested the lows of October 2008.

As we enter Q4 it has been a remarkable period for investment markets, demonstrating how human behaviour more than anything is the main driving force for asset prices rather than true fundamentals.

Neptune UK Equity manager combines 15-year stockpicking experience with group's top-down process to achieve consistent outperformance

The road to economic normality is likely to be long and bumpy. Although purchasing managers are ordering again, industrial production is still down on a year ago.

With one person every four minutes declared bankrupt and one in 33 workers estimated to be unemployed by the year end, companies are shifting strategies towards debt minimisation

Over the past few weeks, France, Germany and Japan reported GDP growth for the second quarter, which appears to indicate that they are now emerging out of recession.

The commodities sector has endured quite a remarkable period since November last year, with demand for commodities rebounding strongly.

"Does the flap of a butterfly's wings in Brazil set off a tornado in Texas" was the title of Edward Lorenz's talk in 1972 that helped bring aspects of chaos theory to a wider audience.

Fidelity's Trevor Greetham has boosted commodities exposure in his Multi Asset Strategic fund after the manager's investment clock model moved to the ‘overheat' phase for the first time since 2007.

As emerging markets evolve, is it time to reassess the asset class?