Markets

The FTSE 100 opened at 5,132 today and climbed 0.23% higher in early trading, bolstered by beleaguered oil major BP.

CEO's baseline scenario is muted economic growth with muddled policy response

Fidelity's Shah ups exposure to mid-cap stocks as annualised tracking error reaches highest point since 2004

Jupiter CIO John Chatfeild-Roberts is keeping the strong recent inflows into his Merlin range in cash to allow him to invest into periods of weakness caused by heightened market volatility.

The UK economy is recovering, although we expect the recovery to be fragile and anaemic.

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Timing the market comes down to a simple choice between value and momentum investing - both have their promoters and detractors and at the end of the day it may boil down to a simple matter of personality

Japan's economic recovery has proved to be anaemic in 2009 and it is a great surprise the market has underperformed its Western counterparts and the Asian markets.

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

US shares fell in early trading on the back of interest rate concerns following the Chinese Central Bank's decision to increase its inter-bank rate for the first time in four months.