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In Chinese culture, the tiger's vivid stripes symbolise the balanced forces of yin and yang. It is perhaps appropriate the Government, while continuing to provide support for the consumer, has chosen this year to take steps to avoid the imbalances that...

Charles Stanley's Stephen Peters considers the pros and cons of selecting two very different investment styles and their potential performance

Events since mid-2007 have given the search for new investment themes extra impetus. Of all those to emerge in recent years, life settlements have perhaps provided the outstanding success story

Brevan Howard's Master hedge fund requires direct investors to invest a staggering $20m to get in. However, investors can gain access to such a high-end offering via the group's BH Global vehicle, for £11.29

The absolute return sector has proved popular with investors yet confusion remains over the scope, target returns and investment time horizon of absolute return strategies

India is set to become a financial powerhouse within the next 15 years. By Nitin Jain, principal fund manager, Kotak Mahindra (UK) Ltd

We are at the foothills of an exciting new era of technology; the era of personalised technology

What are the chances of the UK facing a period of inflation or deflation as the economy picks up post credit crisis?

Over the next few years we should see a sustained period of moderate global economic growth, albeit more subdued than previous economic recoveries.

Of all the crises of the last 10 years, the most recent had the most casualties. Thanks to their sound portfolio construction, global macro hedge funds were not one of the fallen