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Andrew Milligan, head of global strategy at Standard Life Investments, scrutinises Ben Bernanke's Jackson Hole speech.

As creators of credit, banks are in a very privileged position. To create a loan, the equivalent of making a sale for other companies, banks just need to type a number into a computer and hit ‘enter'. This is a licence that frequently gets abused if banks...

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Maria Merricks examines whether equities or bonds offer the most value...

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Simon Scott-White of Charles Stanley says Oxford Catalysts is worth a punt for those with the nerve.

Risk is a hot topic at the moment. The turmoil on the stock exchange has seen a big increase in market risk while Standard and Poor's has lowered their opinion of the US's credit risk.

Stephen Peters, investment trust analyst at Charles Stanley, looks at how the investment trust sector is dealing with a testing 2011.

Felix Martin, economist in the Thames River global credit team, responds to the Bank of England's August Inflation Report.