The US economy added 321,000 jobs last month, a figure well above the 230,000 rise that had been forecast and one which will bring forward expectations of a US rate hike.
Beware currency wars in 2015
Equity valuations have been distorted by asset price inflation following QE, and the market is awash with the evidence, says BBH's Regina Lombardi.
Poor road infrastructure and a shortage of haulage vehicles is holding back the US recovery. However, growth in other modes of transport has proved a profitable play for some investors, explains WHEB's Edward Franks.
US equity markets have been volatile in 2014, but investors have over-reacted to the downside, says Joel Mittelman from the Boston Company Asset Management.
Another year of pain for the bond bears in 2015?
October's sell-off contributed to bringing the valuation of the FTSE All-Share down to below historical levels. Tineke Frikkee, manager of Smith & Williamson's UK Equity Income trust, highlights stocks that still look attractive
The ‘exploitable anomalies’ revealed by political uncertainty
Wage inflation has been considered the missing piece in the US economic recovery. But waiting for wage rises before raising rates will be a grave policy error, argues Toby Thompson from Brooks Macdonald Funds.