Analysis

The opportunities to make big returns in clean energy are growing but the routes to investment remain limited, explains Martina Turner, manager of the VAM Accessible Clean Energy fund

History shows little relationship between the strength of the dollar and corporate profits, says Gregg Guerin, product specialist at First Trust Global Portfolios

While the auto sector has been declining for a number of years, car suppliers are beginning to benefit from global consolidation, says Nicolas Walewski, manager of Alken Asset Management's European Opportunities and Absolute Return Europe funds

UK investors may be unsure about the impending general election, but events elsewhere could provide a boost to the economy in the coming months, explains John Redwood, chairman of the investment committee at Charles Stanley Pan Asset.

The stakes are high as the 2015 UK general election draws near. Labour's interventionist approach and the prospect of a referendum on EU membership are both causing concern, but which 7 May outcome would be best for investors?

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Corinna Arnold, managing director at RWC, says despite Shinzo Abe's numerous attempts to kick-start Japan's ailing economy in 2014, progress is likely to be patchy at best

‘Key man risk' associated with India in the event something happens to its newest Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, could place India's economic recovery under threat, according to Madhav Bhatkuly, manager of the GAM Star India Equity fund

As the US continues on its upward growth curve, it is natural to question how much value is left in US equities, says John Arege, managing director, US equity, at Goldman Sachs Asset Management

Stacey Ash, investment manager at iFunds Asset Management, analyses the sectors which have seen a turnaround in fortunes in recent months