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What do the New Year and the run-up to a general election have in common? An inevitable outbreak of predictions, resolutions and outlooks.

With the northern hemisphere still reeling from the effects of the recession, attentions are heading south as now more than ever investors need to adapt a broader perspective to their investments

The big story of 2009 was quantitative easing; the big story of 2010 will be quantitative tightening.

As a result of the credit crunch, the UK and other parts of the world are facing major structural changes. UK economic recovery will be muted and two-thirds of earnings will come from overseas. So which sectors will perform the best in 2010?

The UK Structured Products Association debunks some common myths about structured products

Prospects for the global economy remain unclear. Despite a positive response to stabilisation measures introduced by G20 governments, the challenge now is how to exit from the enormous stimulus packages while maintaining recovery

Low quality cyclical rally proves a struggle for UK equity income funds

The downturn caused investors to move away from relative returns and resulted in a wave of new funds. Despite once being considered a flight of fancy absolute returns have proved they are here to stay

For investment trusts, 2009 has not been without its excitement. Volatile discounts have made life very difficult; the flight to quality was swiftly followed by the dash to trash as investors switched to more exotic investments

Marlborough manager takes £34m fixed interest vehicle to top of peer group over one year