The US investment banking firm Jefferies & Co last week initiated its first quarterly publication for its clients, highlighting just how financial markets have changed in a little over two years.
Smith & Williamson's Robert Royle and Tana Focke explained to Asset TV why high US unemployment will lead to more QE2 and boost markets.
The Henderson International Income trust will be invested entirely in equities at launch to exploit the higher dividends on offer and the potential for growth.
We are living through a phase when investors say they like Western shares and dislike emerging market shares.
Legg Mason's heavyweight managers are uber-bulls on the US corporate sector across the market cap spectrum, with Chuck Royce predicting a rebound in small caps and Bill Miller seeing a return to form with his large-cap holdings.
The US government needs to make a decision on whether to raise its debt limit to fend off rating agencies in the light of Japan's downgrade, according to OMAM's head of fixed income Stewart Cowley.