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UK equities maintained their strong run from the end of February right through to March as the more dovish tone from the US Federal Reserve and the grind higher in commodity prices continued to drag the market upwards.

Convertible bonds (CBs) are most effective at delivering you closer to your asset mix 'sweet spot' than you would be by guessing your equity/bond allocations, writes NN Investment Partners' Tarek Saber.

Consumer confidence improving

Small and mid-cap companies looking attractive

Inflation below target and rates at negative

It is easy to forget it took three attempts to finally get Britain into the EU in 1973, and none of them was preceded by a referendum, writes James Horniman, partner at James Hambro & Partners.

We find ourselves back in the middle of yet another springtime negotiation between Greece and its creditors - roughly a year on from a crisis that ended in capital controls, a return to a recession, and a 68% fall in the stockmarket index from its 2014...

Healthcare was one sector that did not fully participate in the recent stockmarket rally and finished the first quarter as the worst performer in the S&P 500 index, writes Legg Mason's Evan Bauman.

Draghi to buy corporate bonds in June

High level data analysis can provide useful flags, but the real challenge is to understand the dynamics and key economic factors to create a much more detailed picture of whether GEMS (or any asset class) offer good value.