The US economy expanded by 0.1% in the final quarter of 2012, after the initial estimate of a 0.1% contraction was revised upwards today.
Justin Wells, manager of the UBS Emerging Markets Equity Income fund, reveals where he is finding the best income opportunities across emerging markets.
The UK economy never experienced a 'double-dip' recession, if offshore oil figures are stripped out of the data, said Henderson Global Investors' economist Simon Ward.
UK GDP contracted 0.3% in the last quarter of 2012, according the second reading of the data.
Following an apparently disappointing outcome in 2012, there is greater optimism over growth prospects for the UK and other economies in 2013.
The price of gold may have struggled recently but a peak price level remains an "unthinkable" development, according to Angelos Damaskos, CEO at Sector Investment Managers.