Yields on blue chip equities are "staggering" and HSBC is glaringly good value, says Chris White from Premier Asset Management.
The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) has upgraded its UK GDP forecast for 2014 but cautioned the recovery may be short-lived unless exports bounce back.
Diplomatic and territorial conflicts have been rising but defence stocks remain strangely overlooked. City Financial's Benjamin Dawes explains why cyber security and homeland defence companies are worth a punt.
Ministers considered selling the government's entire stake in the Royal Mail earlier this year when shares were trading near their peak, but held back after being advised against breaking the terms of a lock-up agreement.
UK consumer price inflation assumed its downwards trajectory once more in July following a sharp spike the previous month.
What are the implications as FCA moves to regulate social media?
The government has been told it can sue French banking giant Societe Generale for allegedly mis-selling financial products to Northern Rock that were partly to blame for UK lender's collapse.