Analysis

The sharp rally in European equity markets appears to have run ahead of the fragile economic recovery but there still seems to be scope for further setbacks.

The global markets, Asian in particular, were unsettled by the recent developments in Chinese monetary policies.

Last year saw remarkable stabilisation and recovery in equity markets which led the subsequent global economic revival.

For UK equity investors, the New Year has not started as brightly as the old one finished, but this does not mean the recovery has ended.

During periods of sharp recovery, investors seek out companies that share a combination of characteristics including poor relative returns in the market decline, attractiveness on stable measures of value such as book-to-price and high financial and operational...

James Smith's Ignis Global Growth fund tops IMA Global Growth sector over one year with returns of 50.7%, against 21.3% sector average

Whether markets will be able to absorb the huge government debt issuance that will be forthcoming once the Bank of England's quantitative easing programme ends is a hot topic at the moment.

The commercial real estate sector in the UK has had a rough time over the last couple of years.

Global Equity Income manager reaches first anniversary at helm with expected yield of 4.19%

The past two years have been, from a variety of perspectives, one of the most challenging periods in financial history.